Verdi
I Lombardi
James Levine’s love for this seldom-heard score infuses every measure of Verdi’s music. Superstar Luciano Pavarotti heads the cast as the Muslim warrior prince Oronte who converts to Christianity out of love for the Italian Giselda (Lauren Flanigan)—before dying of the wounds he received in battling the Crusaders. Samuel Ramey is the Crusader-turned-hermit Pagano. Mark Lamos’s striking production has sets by John Conklin and costumes by Dunya Ramicova.
Performance Info
Performance Date
Dec 21, 1993
Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Librettist
Temistocle Solera
Run Time
2 HRS 21 MIN
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus