Il Guarany facts for kids

Il Guarany is an Italian opera in four acts, music by Antônio Carlos Gomes and libretto by Antonio Scalvini and Carlo D'Ormeville, after José de Alencar's novel O Guarani. It was first performed in Milan, on March 19, 1870. By far Gomes's most successful work and his only opera still regularly performed.

Principal characters

• Peri - tenor
• Cecilia - soprano
• Gonzales - baritone
• Il Cacico - bass

Discography

• 1959: Manrico Patassini (Peri), Niza de Castro Tank (Cecilia), Paulo Fortes (Gonzales), Juan Carlos Ortiz (Il Cacico); Orquestra e Coro do Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, Armando Belardi - (Andromeda)
• 1994: Plácido Domingo (Peri), Verónica Villarroel (Cecilia), Carlos Álvarez (Gonzales), Boris Martinovich (Il Cacico); Chor und Extrachor der oper der Stadt Bonn, Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn, John Neschling - (Sony Classics)

• The Complete Dictionary of Opera & Operetta, James Anderson, Wings Books, 1993.

Images for kids

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  Disegno per copertina di libretto, drawing for Il Guarany (undated).

See also

In Spanish: Il Guarany para niños