PERI, Achille 1812-1880

Vittore Pisani [Piano-vocal score]

Melodramma in tre Atti di Francesco Maria Piave ... dedicato alla nobil donna Lucietta Spalletti Balleani. Riduzione con Accomp.to di Piano Forte ... L'Op. comp. Fr. 40

Milano: F. Lucca [PNs 12379-94], [1858].

Oblong folio. Vellum backed marbled boards with titling in black ink to spine. 233 pp. Each number with separate caption title, some with secondary pagination. Engraved.

Decorative title printed in red.

Named cast list includes Giraldoni, Bendazzi, Morselli, Ghini, Cornago, Poggiali, and Mongini.

Handstamp ("Genesio Venterini Firenze") to foot of title.

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

Binding somewhat worn and rubbed; spine split at head and foot; endpapers worn and soiled; free front endpaper lacking. Slightly worn and soiled; scattered foxing; occasional faint pencil markings.

First Edition. Scarce (3 copies only in the U.S.).

Vittore Pisani, in three acts to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, premiered in Reggio nell'Emilia at the Teatro Comunitativo on 21 April 1857.

Peri wrote in the style of Donizetti and Mercadante, achieving success in his hometown of Reggio Emilia but failing to satisfy audiences in Milan. His opera Giuditta (1860) was well-received in later productions, but Peri abandoned the stage and focused on composing music for the church.

Item #33575

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