The performance history of Stiffelio as Verdi envisioned it began only in 1993. Composed with Rigoletto, and sharing many of its characteristics, Stiffelio suffered from the censors' strictures. From
The critical edition of Stiffelio from which this score is derived was the first to reinstate significant portions of the opera that had been presumed lost for more than a century. It was used for the
