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- Giuseppe Verdi
Luisa Miller (1849)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
G. Schirmer controls the rights in the English translation for this work but does not supply orchestral materials.
- Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano after Friedrich Schiller’s German play "Kabale und Liebe"
- English, Italian
Programme Note
Cast List:
LUISA: Soprano
RODOLFO, son of Count Walter: Tenor
MILLER, Luisa's father, a retired soldier: Baritone
FEDERICA, Dutchess of Ostheim, Walter's niece: Mezzo-Soprano
COUNT WALTER, Lord of the district: Bass
WURM, a retainer of Count Walter: Bass
LAURA, a village girl: Mezzo-Soprano
A PEASANT: Tenor
Villagers, Servants, Soldiers and Archers
Synopsis:
Set in the Tyrol in the early seventeenth century, this opera tells the tragic love story of Luisa Miller and Rodolfo, son of Count Walter. Rodolfo’s father wants his son to marry the Duchess of Ostheim, but Rodolfo threatens to expose him as his cousin’s assassin if he doesn't let him follow his heart. Meanwhile, the Count threatens Luisa’s father with execution unless Luisa writes a letter claiming she is in love with another man. She does this to spare her father’s life. Rodolfo, distraught, prepares a poison for both himself and Luisa. But only when they have drunk the poison, does she reveal that she was forced to write the letter and the lovers die in each other’s arms.
LUISA: Soprano
RODOLFO, son of Count Walter: Tenor
MILLER, Luisa's father, a retired soldier: Baritone
FEDERICA, Dutchess of Ostheim, Walter's niece: Mezzo-Soprano
COUNT WALTER, Lord of the district: Bass
WURM, a retainer of Count Walter: Bass
LAURA, a village girl: Mezzo-Soprano
A PEASANT: Tenor
Villagers, Servants, Soldiers and Archers
Synopsis:
Set in the Tyrol in the early seventeenth century, this opera tells the tragic love story of Luisa Miller and Rodolfo, son of Count Walter. Rodolfo’s father wants his son to marry the Duchess of Ostheim, but Rodolfo threatens to expose him as his cousin’s assassin if he doesn't let him follow his heart. Meanwhile, the Count threatens Luisa’s father with execution unless Luisa writes a letter claiming she is in love with another man. She does this to spare her father’s life. Rodolfo, distraught, prepares a poison for both himself and Luisa. But only when they have drunk the poison, does she reveal that she was forced to write the letter and the lovers die in each other’s arms.