This one-act comic farce was first performed in Venice at the Teatro San Moise on May 9, 1812. This critical edition includes a preface in Italian and English and critical notes. It is another opera in the continuing series underthe aegis of the Fondazione Rossini of Pesaro, which will eventually present the composer's entire output. Dorvil (tenor) is secretly married to Giulia (soprano), and ascends a quiet, silken ladder each evening to see his bride.Giulia's guardian has other ideas about her