Torvaldo e Dorliska

"Dramma semiserio" in Two Acts by Cesare Sterbini

Gioachino Rossini

Gioachino Rossini

Distributed for Fondazione Rossini

Edited by Francesco Paolo Russo

752 pages | 3-vol. set: score (2 vols. cloth); commentary (1 vol. pa) | 9 1/2 x 13

The Critical Edition of the Works of Gioachino Rossini, Section I: Operas

Cloth $300.00 ISBN: 9788889947104 Published August 2009 For sale only in the United States, its dependencies, the Philippines, and Canada

First performed at the Teatro Valle in Rome on December 26, 1815, Torvaldo e Dorliska ranks as one of Gioachino Rossini’s finest examples of the semi-serious genre. In this complex tale of romance and rescue, Torvaldo is imprisoned as he attempts to save his beloved Dorliska from the malicious Duca d’Ordow. The couple is eventually rescued by Giorgio, a servant of the duke who finds Torvaldo more honorable than his master. This three-volume critical edition contains the first published full orchestral score of the work and will be the standard for performers and scholars.