Verdi: Luisa Miller

In a Tyrolean village in the first half of the 17th century. Luisa, Miller’s daughter, and Carlo, a young man she met in the village, are deeply in love. When Wurm, a courtier who is also in love with Luisa, asks Miller for his daughter’s hand in marriage, Miller replies that he cannot give his daughter away against her will. Offended, Wurm then reveals Carlo’s true identity: he is Rodolfo, the son of Count Walter. ‘Luisa Miller’ is an opera in three acts, the fourteenth by Giuseppe Verdi, then aged 36. It premiered at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples on 8 December 1849. Taken from the ‘Tutto Verdi’ box set of 27 Verdi operas. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on 20 and 22 October 2007.

Cast

Marcelo Álvarez Rodolfo

Fiorenza Cedolins Luisa

Leo Nucci Miller

Francesca Franci Federica

Katarina Nikolić Laura

Rafal Siwek Wurm

Giorgio Surjan Il Conte di Walter

Angelo Villari Un contadino

Donato Renzetti Conductor

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