Since the second half of the 20th century, alongside the monumental critical edition series of the great Italian composers, Casa Ricordi has undertaken the critical recovery of some of the greatest masterpieces of the operatic tradition of the past centuries, which are not yet sufficiently known, or at any rate less well known.
In many cases, the attestations of scholars and musicologists who were the first to reveal the beauty and vitality of these titles have been confirmed by the re-listening proposed to audiences in concert halls and theatres around the world.
As with the critical editions, the revisions and elaborations, entrusted to renowned scholars and composers, aim to restore accurate and complete scores that are strictly faithful to the sources.
The titles listed below are all available for hire only, while few of them have a piano vocal score on sales: for more information please contact promozione.ricordi.italy@umusic.com.
Critical Revisions and Elaborations
Pietro Auletta, L’Orazio ossia Il maestro di musica (1737)
Revision by M. Panni
Antonio Cagnoni, Don Bucefalo (1847)
Critical edition by A. Wiklund
Alfredo Catalani, Edmea (1886)
Revision by G. Zani
Francesco Cavalli, Il Giasone (1649)
Transcription and elaboration by M. Panni
Luigi Cherubini, Lodoiska (1791)
Critical edition by L. Tozzi
Luigi Cherubini, Medea (1797)
Revision on the manuscript by F. Testi
Giovanni Battista Cimador, Pigmalione (1790)
Revision by E. Surian
Domenico Cimarosa, Amor rende sagace (1793)
Revision on the sources and transcription by G. Tonini and F. Brazzo
Domenico Cimarosa, Le astuzie femminili (1794)
Elaboration and orchestration by O. Respighi
Piano vocal score on sales
Domenico Cimarosa, L’italiana in Londra (1779)
Revision on the autograph by L. Tozzi
Piano vocal score on sales
Domenico Cimarosa, Il marito disperato (1785)
Revision and elaboration by T. Gargiulo
Domenico Cimarosa, Il matrimonio segreto (1792)
Revision on the original sources by F. Donatoni
Romualdo Duni, L’isola dei pazzi (1760)
Elaboration and revision by G. Turchi and G. C. Brero
Franco Faccio, Amleto (1865)
Critical edition by A. Barrese
Giuseppe Farinelli, Pamela (1802)
Revision on the sources by A. Moccia and S. De Sanctis
Alberto Franchetti, Asrael (1888)
Revision on the sources by A. Moccia
Baldassarre Galuppi, L’amante di tutte (1760)
Revision by V. Mortari
Baldassarre Galuppi, Il filosofo di campagna (1754)
Elaboration by E. Wolf-Ferrari
Piano vocal score on sales
Niccolò Jommelli, L’uccellatrice (1750)
Elaboration by M. Zanon
Piano vocal score on sales
Ruggero Leoncavallo, I Medici (1893)
Critical edition by G. Mandozzi
Francesco Mancini, Colombina e Pernicone (1723)
Critical edition by C. Gallico
Filippo Marchetti, Romeo e Giulietta (1865)
Critical edition by di L. Lugli
Giovanni Simone Mayr, L'intrigo della lettera (1797)
Revision on the sources by M. Mazzolini
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Bacocco e Serpilla ovvero Il marito giocatore e la moglie bacchettona (1718)
Revision by M. Zanon
Giovanni Paisiello, Il barbiere di Siviglia ovvero La Precauzione inutile (1782)
Elaboration and revision by R. Fasano
Giovanni Paisiello, Don Chisciotte della Mancia (1769)
Revision by J. Napoli
Giovanni Paisiello, Le due contesse (1776)
Revision on the autograph by L. Tozzi
Giovanni Paisiello, Il duello comico (1774)
Revision by G. Tintori
Giovanni Paisiello, Nina o sia La pazza per amore (1790)
Revision on the sources by F. Broussard
Piano vocal score on sales
Giovanni Paisiello, Il Re Teodoro in Venezia (1784)
Revision on the sources by M. Robinson
Niccolò Piccinni, L’Americano (1772)
Revision on the sources by E. Hull
Niccolò Piccinni, La bella verità (1762)
Revision by G. Turchi
Niccolò Piccinni, Il mondo della luna ossia Il finto astrologo (1765)
Revision by L. Tozzi
Nicola Porpora, Orfeo (1736)
Revision on the original sources by R. Pe and F. Longo
Domenico Scarlatti, La dirindina (1715)
Critical edition by F. Degrada
Full score on sales
Gaspare Spontini, La Vestale (1807)
Revision on the autograph by F. Agostinelli and G. Gravagna
Giacomo Tritto, Il convitato di pietra (1783)
Critical edition by R. De Simone