Attila

Classification added September 28, 2015
Premiered March 17, 1846
Venice. Teatro la Fenice

Composer:

Giuseppe Verdi
Original Language:
Italian
Librettist:
Tomistocle Solera and Francesco Maria Piave
Description:
Opera in a Prologue and Three Acts

Notes:

after Zacharias Werner’s play Attila, König der Hunnen

Time Period:

5th Century A.D.

Place:

Italy

Classification key

  • L – Leading
  • F – Featured
  • S – Supporting
  • B – Solo Bit
  • CB – Chorus Bit
  • MB – Mute Bit
Role Voice Part Classification
Odabella, daughter of the Lord of Aquileia SopranoL
Foresto, Knight of Aquileia TenorL
Ezio, a Roman general BaritoneL
Attila, King of Huns BassL
Uldino, a Breton slave of Attila's TenorS
Pope Leo I (Leone) BassS
Minimum Chorus: 28
Divisi: SATB