Iris - World Premiere Program with Libretto - Rome 1898 [PHOTOGRAPHY] shown in the title role

shown in the title role in Eugene Onegin

Austrian film actor (1921-2005)

shown in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen

Nikolai Anosov

Spanish baritone (1892-1952) with an extensive operatic career all over Europe

Iris - World Premiere Program with Libretto - Rome 1898 [PHOTOGRAPHY] shown in the title roleFull program and libretto for the world premiere performances of Iris, opera by Pietro Mascagni, at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome in November 1898 (premiere date was November 22, 1898), which was also conducted by the composer. This program lists the full cast (including Ericlea Darclee in the title role, as well as Giuseppe Tischi Rubini, Fernando de Lucia, and others), as well as the conductor, and contains the full Italian text of the opera. Full