Matilde di Shabran
Subtitle: an opera in two acts
By: the music by Rossini ; the libretto edited and translated by Manfredo Maggioni ; as represented at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden
Publisher: Printed, published, and sold exclusively by T. Brettell
Published: 1854
Place of publication: London
Language: ita; eng
Translated from: ita
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Operas; Librettos
Work titles: Matilde di Shabran
Notes: Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti--Cf. Loewenberg, Annals of opera.

Includes cast list.

Includes stage directions.

First performed with this cast on 18 April 1854--Cf. Opera at Covent Garden.

No. 3 in volume with 18 other Royal Italian Opera librettos from 1854.

Vol. 8 of a 9-vol. set of librettos, possibly the reference copies of the Royal Italian Opera, each libretto with a schedule of performances in ms.

Bound in contemporary red sheep, spine, covers, and edges gilt.