The notion of a full staging of this opera is not as obvious as it might seem.
He took this opera to Italy for its first full staging there, in 1964.
The first full staging was at the Paris Opéra on 30 December 1697.
Whatever version is chosen, the opera calls out for a full staging.
Only in a full staging would the complexity of this drama emerge.
"So I would sing full out even in the piano stagings, as much as humanly possible."
Rossner's work has never received a full staging although excerpts have been recorded.
It was written in 1868 but had to wait until 1945 for a full staging.
In fact, it was not until the 1970s that the opera received a full theatrical staging.
A 2003 production in New York apparently represents its first full staging.