Isabeau
Role Voice type Premiere Cast , 2 June 1911 ( Conductor : - Mascagni )
King Raimondo baritone Carlo Galeffi
Isabeau , his daughter soprano Maria Farneti
Cornelius , the king 's minister baritone Giuseppe La Puma
Folco , a falconer tenor Antonio Saluda
Ermyntrude soprano Olga Simzis
Ermyngarde soprano Amalia Columbo
Giglietta soprano Maria Pozzi
il cavalier Faidit baritone Dentale Teofido
l'araldo maggiore baritone
Roles
Isabeau is a leggenda drammatica or opera in three parts by Pietro Mascagni, 1911, from an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica. Mascagni conducted its first performance on 2 June 1911 at the Teatro Coliseo, Buenos Aires. A retelling of the medieval English legend of Lady Godiva, Mascagni described it in an interview as his attempt to return to the romanticism which inspired so much of Italian opera.