Oberto Conte di San Bonifacio is the first opera written by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Temistocle Solera and performed in its first production on the evening of 17 November 1839 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Before this experience, Verdi also worked on a Rocester which, according to some critics, was later recast in Oberto Conte di San Bonifacio. The first performance was supposed to take place for a charity evening at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, but the sudden illness of a teno...