This critical edition of Rossini's last opera differs substantially from the score that tradition has handed down to us. Based on study of the autograph, of other manuscript sources (particularly those of the Bibliotheque de l'Opera in Paris), and of various documents related to the first season of 1829, it includes music heretofore unknown. The main score and appendices reflect the improvements introduced by the composer during the course of bringing the opera to the stage. A supplementary volume (publication forthcoming) will document the iconographical sources for the opera's original production.
- ISBN10 0226728463
- ISBN13 9780226728469
- Publish Date 1 January 1994
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 March 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Chicago Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 2628
- Language English