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 [PNs 128-136], [1830].

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

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