Bianca e Falliero, o Sia Il Consiglio Dei Tre : Melodramma in Two Acts by Felice Romani - Full Score and Commentary

This is a critical edition of "Bianca e Falliero", or "Il Consiglio dei Tre", ("Bianca and Falliero" or "The Council of Three"), which restores the original Milan version of the opera.

Written in 1819, the work was heavily butchered in later productions, but its best pieces remained in concert repertory for 50 years.

Working with a confirmed "classicist" librettist, Rossini created a traditionally-structured "bel canto" tour de force, which ran for 39 performances, a record for his serious operas at La Scala. This set is composed of two hardbound volumes (the full score), and one paperbound volume of commentary.

An appendix offers Rossini's vocal variants for the two lead roles.