DONIZETTI, Gaetano 1797-1848

CONCONE, Paolo Giuseppe 1801-1861, arranger

Olivo e Pasquale [Solo piano]

opera in due atti ... ridotta per piano-forte da G. Concone

Milano: Epimaco e Pascquale Artaria [PN 128-136], [1830].

Oblong octavo. Original publisher's printed boards, publisher's catalog to verso of lower, paper title label to spine. 1f. (illustrated lithographic title), 82 pp. Engraved.

With lithograph by Le Brass depicting a scene from Act I, Scene VI of the opera.

From the collection of Luigi Ricci (1893-1981), Italian conductor, vocal coach, and close associate of Puccini and Mascagni.

Binding somewhat worn, rubbed, and soiled; dampstain to upper right. Scattered light foxing.

First Edition of this arrangement. Rare. OCLC (one copy only, in Switzerland). Inzaghi IN. 22, p. 142.

A melodramma in 2 acts to a libretto by Jacopo Ferretti after Simeone Antonio Sografi, Olivo e Pasquale premiered in Rome at the Teatro Valle on 7 January 1827.

Item #33414

Price: $200.00  other currencies