Totally unfamiliar opera. Enjoyable. Needs to be performed again.

A SEARCH ON INTERNET REVEALS THAT THE RICCI BROTHERS HAVE BEEN TOTALLY NEGLECTED BY THE OPERATIC ESTABLISHMENT EXCEPT FOR THIS OPERA, WHICH APPEARS IN AN EXPENSIVE, IMPORTED ITALIAN LABEL. I DOUBT VERY MUCH THAT RECORDING CAN COMPETE WITH THIS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING ACCOUNT OF A LIVE 1977 RAI PERFORMANCE. THE SOUND IS INDEED 5 STARS. AND THE SINGERS, WHO ARE NOT KNOWN AT ALL IN THE USA, ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. YOU CAN FIND A SUMMARY OF THE PLOT ON INTERNET: A COBBLER IS TURNED INTO A DOCTOR BY HIS FAIRY GODMOTHER (LA COMARE) AND WHEN HE ABUSES HIS GOOD LUCK, SHE RUDELY MAKES HIM MEND HIS WAYS IN A PLOT TWIST REMINISCENT OF “A CHRISTMAS CAROL”, WHICH IT SHARES A HAPPY ENDING. IF REVIVED, IT COULD GIVE “ELIXIR” AND “DON PASCUALE” A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY. BY ALL MEANS GET IT, SIT BACK AND ENJOY!!!!!