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{{Short description|1958 opera by Ildebrando Pizzetti}}
{{Infobox opera 
| name              = Assassinio nella cattedrale
| genre_header      = Opera
| composer          = [[Ildebrando Pizzetti]]
| image             = Meister Francke 011.jpg
| image_upright     = 
| alt               = 
| caption           = The assassination of [[Thomas Becket]] in [[Canterbury Cathedral]], the opera's central theme, in a 15th-century depiction by [[Master Francke|Francke]]
| librettist        = Ildebrando Pizzetti
| language          = Italian
| based_on          = {{Based on|''[[Murder in the Cathedral]]''|[[T. S. Eliot]]}}
| premiere_date     = {{Start date|1958|03|01|df=y}}
| premiere_location = [[Teatro alla Scala]], Milan, Italy
}}

'''''Assassinio nella cattedrale''''' (''Murder in the Cathedral'') is an [[opera]] in two acts and an [[intermezzo]] by the Italian composer [[Ildebrando Pizzetti]], who also wrote the [[libretto]]. He adapted it from an Italian translation of [[T. S. Eliot]]'s 1935 play ''[[Murder in the Cathedral]]''. The opera was premiered at [[La Scala]], Milan, on 1 March 1958. The opera was performed for the first time in Canada the following year at the [[Montreal Festivals]].<ref>Sandor, Marjorie (March 2013). [http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2013/3/Features/Once_More_to_the_Cathedral.html "Once More to the Cathedral"]. ''[[Opera News]]'', Vol. 77, No. 9. Retrieved 17 February 2016.</ref>

==Roles==
{| class="wikitable"
|+{{sronly|Roles, voice types, premiere cast}}
!Role
![[Voice type]]
!Premiere cast, 1 March 1958<ref>{{Almanacco|dmy=01-03-1958|match=Assassinio nella cattedrale}}</ref><br />Conductor: [[Gianandrea Gavazzeni]]
|-
|[[Thomas Becket]]
|[[bass (voice type)|bass]]
|[[Nicola Rossi-Lemeni]]
|-
|Herald
|[[tenor]]
|[[Aldo Bertocci]]
|-
|First tempter
|tenor
|Rinaldo Pelizzoni
|-
|Second tempter
|bass
|Antonio Cassinelli
|-
|Third tempter
|bass
|[[Nicola Zaccaria]]
|-
|Fourth tempter
|bass
|Lino Puglisi
|-
|First priest
|tenor
|Mario Ortica
|-
|Second priest
|[[baritone]]
|[[Dino Dondi]]
|-
|Third priest
|bass
|Adolfo Cormanni
|-
|First knight
|tenor
|Rinaldo Pelizzoni
|-
|Second knight
|bass
|Enrico Campi
|-
|Third knight
|bass
|Silvio Maionica
|-
|Fourth knight
|bass
|Marco Stefanoni
|-
|First [[coryphaeus|coryphée]]
|[[soprano]]
|[[Leyla Gencer]]
|-
|Second coryphée
|[[mezzo-soprano]]
|[[Gabriella Carturan]]
|-
|}

==Recordings==
*''Assassinio nella cattedrale'' – La Scala Orchestra and Chorus conducted by [[Gianandrea Gavazzeni]] with [[Nicola Rossi-Lemeni]] as Thomas Becket. Recorded live at the La Scala premiere, 1 March 1958. Label: Opera d'Oro<ref>All recordings in this section are sourced from {{OCLC|41543017}}</ref>
*''Assassinio nella cattedrale'' – [[RAI National Symphony Orchestra|Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino]] conducted by Ildebrando Pizzetti with Nicola Rossi-Lemeni as Thomas Becket. Radio broadcast recorded live in Turin, 5 December 1958. Label: Stradivarius
*''Assassinio nella cattedrale'' — Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by [[Herbert von Karajan]] with [[Hans Hotter]] as Thomas Becket. Recorded live at the [[Vienna State Opera]], 9 March 1960. Sung in German. Label: Deutsche Grammophon
*''Assassinio nella cattedrale'' – Orchestra Sinfonica della Provincia di Bari conducted by Piergiorgio Morandi with [[Ruggero Raimondi]] as Thomas Becket. Recorded live at the [[Basilica di San Nicola|Basilica di San Nicola, Bari]] on 22 December 2006. Label: Decca

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Gelli, Piero (ed.) (2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20160224071035/http://www.operamanager.it/cgi-bin/process.cgi?azione=ricerca&tipo=OP&id=1667 ''Assassinio nella cattedrale'']. ''Dizionario dell'opera'', p.&nbsp;102. Baldini Castoldi Dalai (republished on operamanager.it). Retrieved 17 February 2016 {{in lang|it}}

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[[Category:Operas by Ildebrando Pizzetti]]
[[Category:Italian-language operas]]
[[Category:1958 operas]]
[[Category:Adaptations of works by T. S. Eliot]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Thomas Becket]]
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[[Category:Opera world premieres at La Scala]]
[[Category:Operas based on plays]]
[[Category:Operas set in England]]


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