Il Guarany

Il Guarany is an Italian opera in four acts, music by Antônio Carlos Gomes and libretto by Antonio Scalvini and Carlo D'Ormeville, after José de Alencar's novel O Guarani. It was first performed in Milan, on March 19, 1870. By far Gomes's most successful work and his only opera still regularly performed.

Principal characters

• Peri - tenor
• Cecilia - soprano
• Gonzales - baritone
• Il Cacico - bass

Discography

• 1959: Manrico Patassini (Peri), Niza de Castro Tank (Cecilia), Paulo Fortes (Gonzales), Juan Carlos Ortiz (Il Cacico); Orquestra e Coro do Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, Armando Belardi - (Andromeda)
• 1994: Plácido Domingo (Peri), Verónica Villarroel (Cecilia), Carlos Álvarez (Gonzales), Boris Martinovich (Il Cacico); Chor und Extrachor der oper der Stadt Bonn, Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn, John Neschling - (Sony Classics)

Sources

• The Complete Dictionary of Opera & Operetta, James Anderson, Wings Books, 1993.