Uno sguardo dal ponte

For the 1962 drama film, see A View from the Bridge (film).

Uno sguardo dal ponte is an opera in two acts by composer Renzo Rossellini. The work uses an Italian language libretto by Gerardo Guerrieri which is based on Arthur Miller's play A View from the Bridge. The opera premiered at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma on March 11, 1961 using a staging by Franco Rossellini, the composer's son. The premiere cast included Clara Petrella, Gianna Galli, Alfredo Kraus, Giuseppe Valdengo, and Nicola Rossi-Lemeni.^[1] The Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company presented the United States premiere of the opera on October 17, 1967 with Rossi-Lemeni as Eddie Carbone and Gloria Lane as Beatrice.^[2]

Roles

• Alfieri (bass)
• Eddie Carbone (baritone)
• Louis (bass)
• Catherine (soprano)
• Beatrice Carbone (soprano)
• Tony (tenor)
• Rodolfo (tenor)
• Marco (bass)
• Mike (tenor)
• 1 Immigration Officer (baritone)
• 2 Immigration Officer (tenor)
• A woman (soprano)
• Old woman (mezzo-soprano)

References

1. Harold Rosenthal (1962). "March 1961". Opera Annual (8): 130.
2. • Free Library of Philadelphia: Box: Phila. Lyric Opera Company: 782.1 P5326p Bal Two [1968 - 1975]