VERDI: I Masnadieri*

VERDI: I Masnadieri* 22 July. London, H.M.’s Text by A. Maffei (founded on Schiller’s Die Räuber). Four acts. The only opera Verdi wrote for London. Subsequently given at Rome, Ap. 12 February 1848; Florence March 1848; Venice 10 May 1851; Milan 20 September 1853, etc.; Barcelona 3 June 1848; Madrid 10 February 1849 (orchestrated by J. D. Skoczdopole ); Lisbon 8 March 1849; Malta 1849; Rio de Janeiro 1849; Havana 1849; Lugano 1850; Brussels 3 October 1850; Smyrna 1851; Budapest Summer 1852…