Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera/SotM/August2013

In preparation for his bicentenary in October, the operas of Giuseppe Verdi are the Operas of the Month for August, with a focus on improved coverage of his role creators....

We need articles on the following singers

• Marc Bonnehée (Guy de Montfort) in Les vêpres siciliennes
• Emilia Goggi (Azucena) and Giovanni Guicciardi (Count Luna) in Il trovatore
• Luigia Bendazzi (Amelia) and Carlo Negrini (Gabriele Adorno) in Simon Boccanegra
• Settimio Malvezzi (Rodolfo) in Luisa Miller
• Giovanni Severi (Arvino) in I Lombardi alla prima crociata
• Teresa De Giuli Borsi (Lida) in La battaglia di Legnano
• Carolina Rapazzini (Medora) in Il corsaro
• Filippo Coletti (Gusmano) in Alzira and (Francesco) in I masnadieri. He was a lifelong friend of Verdi.

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