

The great Italian opera composer recalls his eventful life on his deathbed: his childhood in Busseto, his studies in Milan, his first opera "Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio", the death of his wife and his children killed by smallpox.
Carmine Gallone
Teresina Stolz

Febo Mari
Marelli, il direttore della Scala di Milano

Carlo Duse
Temistocle Solera
Eugenio Duse
L'impressario Massini

Enrico Glori
Il maestro Mariani
Clara Padoa
La contessa Maffei