Annick Massis (Francesca), Pietro Spagnoli (Il re), Jennifer Larmore (Edmondo), Bruce Ford (Il duca), Alfonso Antoniozzi (Il conte)

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Antonello Allemandi.

"The score is entirely delightful, and the reason for its disappearance is that the composer himself suppressed it having robbed it for his instantly successful L'elisir d'amore. …Bruce Ford is his usual elegant self, and Jennifer Larmore demonstrates her bel canto supremacy. Conductor Antonello Allemandi is spirited, and the sound is bright and open..." - BBC Music Magazine, May 2005.