Vocal score based on the critical edition of the orchestral score edited by Paolo Fabbri, 2 volumes. Donizetti’s Anna Bolena premiered at Milano’s Teatro Carcano during Carnival season 1830-31 is considered the composer’s first major success inserious opera, which brought him to the attention of all Europe. In terms of production, in Italy he was an anomaly, in that he remained actively involved in the evolution of his works and the performances of them, and went on making modifications tothose