Rossini, Gioacchino: La Cenerentola

La Cenerentola by Gioacchino Rossini
Cast: Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Renato Capecchi, Paolo Mantarsolo, Margherita Gugliemi, LAura Zannini and Ugo Tram with the Scottish Opera Chorus and London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue number: 2709 039
Country of Issue: UK
Date: 1972 (1971 recording)
Stereo
Format: LP Boxed Set (3 discs plus booklet)
Label design: standard DG yellow label
Discs: Near Mint, unmarked
Outer box: EX+, basically excellent, but with some small light marks on edges.
Inner sleeves: original, polylined, as new
Booklet: full size 36pp, perfect

This item appears as new throughout except as mentioned above. Acquired by us in 2007 as part of a large collection but never played since.

La Cenerentola was first presented in Rome on 25 January 1817, with the composer at the harpsichord. It is described in the socre as a 'Melodramma Giocoso' . The libretto is by Jacopo Ferretti.
Oddly, the opera contains two arias and a chorus not composed by Rossini, but which he 'imported' into the score.  Over time the performances strayed from the score more and more until Ricordi published a correct, authentic edition which this recording follows.  It was made during the Edinburgh Festival of 1971.