Composer: Francisco de Freitas Gazul
Librettist: Almeida Garrett
Lyric drama in four acts
Date: 1891
Language: Italian
Large-Scale
Telmo Paes: Tenor
Giorgio: Baritone
D. Maria: Soprano
D. Maddalena di Vilhena: Soprano
Don Giovanni di Portogallo (Pellegrino): Bass
Don Manuel: Tenor
Il Priore de Benfica: Bass-baritone
Fratello converso:
Pietro:
Chorus
3 Fl | 2 Ob | 2 Cl | 2 Bsn | 2 Tpt | 4 Hn | 3 Tbn | Tb | 2 Perc | 2 Hp | Vln | Vla | Vc | Cb¹
Following the example of Dona Branca by Alfredo Keil, Francisco Freitas Gazul turned to the well‑known text by Almeida Garrett to compose his opera Frei Luís de Sousa. Presented at the Teatro de São Carlos in 1891, this dramatic work marked Gazul’s rise to a new level of public recognition.
Date: 1891
Venue: Teatro de São Carlos, Lisbon
Music Direction: Marino Macinelli
Cast: Helena Theodorini, Linda Brambilla, Gregorio Gabrielesco, Delfino Menotti, Paolo Wulmann, Mastrobuono, Carbone, Guidothi, Soldát and Orchestra of Teatro de São Carlos
1. Francisco Freitas Gazul, Fra Luigi di Souza [Música Manuscrita]: Dramma Lirico in quattri atti / Musica di Francisco de Freitas Gazul (1891-1900). In Catálogo da Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, VPF 1425.
