Fra Gherardo
Music by Ildebrando Pizzetti · libretto by Ildebrando Pizzetti · premiered 1928 · at La Scala
Fra Gherardo is an opera in three acts composed by Ildebrando Pizzetti who also wrote the libretto. Set in Parma at the end of the 13th century, the opera's story is based on the life and death of Gherardino Segalello as chronicled by Salimbene of Parma. Pizzetti composed the work, his fifth opera, between 1925 and 1927. The world premiere took place at La Scala, Milan on 16 May 1928 in a performance conducted by Arturo Toscanini with Antonin Trantoul and Florica Cristoforeanu in the leading roles of Fra Gherardo and Mariola.
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About the Composer
Ildebrando Pizzetti (20 September 1880 – 13 February 1968) was an Italian composer of classical music, as well as a musicologist and a music critic.
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Other Operas by Ildebrando Pizzetti
- Fedra (1909)
- Dèbora e Jaéle (1922)
- Assassinio nella cattedrale (1935)
- L'oro (1947)
- Clitennestra (1965)