Organization

Singer

Tenor

Luciano Pavarotti

Oronte

Bass

Samuel Ramey

Pagano

Conductor

James Levine

Soprano

Lauren Flanigan

Giselda

The Metropolitan Opera

I lombardi alla prima crociata -  (The Lombards on the First Crusade)

New York City

United States

James Levine’s love for this seldom-heard score infuses every measure of Verdi’s music. Superstar Luciano Pavarotti heads the cast as the Muslim warrior prince Oronte who converts to Christianity out of love for the Italian Giselda (Lauren Flanigan)—before dying of the wounds he received in battling the Crusaders. Samuel Ramey is the Crusader-turned-hermit Pagano. Mark Lamos’s striking production has sets by John Conklin and costumes by Dunya Ramicova.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast