with Matteo Manuguerra, Aprile Millo and Jerome Hines while the second was given on 19 November 2001. The Pittsburgh Opera presented the work with June Anderson on 20 September 1985. In Rome in 2011, as part of the 150th anniversary of Italian Unification, Battaglia was presented by the Rome Opera. Companies which plan to present all of Verdi's operas include the ABAO in Bilbao which presented it in 2007, and it was given by Sarasota Opera as part of its "Verdi Cycle" in 2016. As the Verdi bicentennial year was approaching, it was staged by the Teatro Regio di Parma in October 2012 (as part of its "Festival Verdi" series) and was directed by David Alden.Review of the Parma production, 2012 (In Italian) Alden's contribution is noted: Il regista infatti è riuscito a dare continuità in un opera dove quasi ogni numero musicale è ambientato in un luogo diverso / "In fact, the director has managed to give continuity in a work where almost every musical number is set in a different place." The Parma production was repeated in Trieste. Hamburg State Opera presented performances in October/November 2013 along with two other early Verdi operas, all directed by Alden.Shirley Apthorp, "I due Foscari, Staatsoper Hamburg – review", Financial Times (London), 30 October 2013. Apthorp notes, in regard to the staging of all three productions, that "To pull off the feat of three Verdi premieres in four weeks, David Alden and his team have opted for a single, versatile set (palace/theatre/prison/court), with the choir [chorus] in a back gallery that can be hoisted in and out". Roles Synopsis Time: 1176 Place: Milan and Como Act 1 – "He is Alive!" Scene 1: Milan, not far from the city walls Outside the city walls, people have gathered in support of the Lombard League whose troops are about to go into battle against the occupying German Emperor Federico Barbarossa. Among them is Arrigo, a young soldier whom all had thought dead, but he has now re-joined the army and he recounts how his mother had nursed his wounds (La pia materna mano / "A mother's kindly hand") after he was left for dead. Having recovered and before leaving again, he wants to see Lida, his sweetheart. Rolando, Arrigo's friend and leader of the troops from Milan, arrives and he is amazed to see Arrigo alive. Joyously, he embraces his friend (Ah m'abbraccia d'esultanza