Auber: Fra Diavolo

Overview

Fra Diavolo, ou L'hôtellerie de Terracine (Fra Diavolo, or The Inn of Terracina) is an opéra comique in three acts by the French composer Daniel Auber, from a libretto by Auber's regular collaborator Eugène Scribe. It is loosely based on the life of the Itrani guerrilla leader Michele Pezza, active in southern Italy in the period 1800-1806, who went under the name of Fra Diavolo ("Brother Devil").

Cast

Ion Buzea

Fra Diavolo

Emily Rawlins

Zerline

Arwed Sandner

Matteo

Peter van der Bilt

Lord Kookburn

Jeanne Piland

Pamela

Douglas F. Ahlstedt

Lorenzo

Alfred Kühne

Giacomo

Udo Holdorf

Beppo

Günther Bittermann

Pedro

Siegfried Etienne

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