60 pages of supplementary sketches. Some aspects of the original Verdi edition were able to be shared with Edward Downes for his 1993 staging in London, but these included only the vocal elements and none of the orchestral fabric, for which Downes' edition relied entirely on a 19th-century copy. The first complete performance of the new score was given on 21 October 1993 at the Metropolitan Opera house in New York. The production was repeated 16 more times between October 1993 and 1998, at which time a DVD with Plácido Domingo in the title role was released. In 1985–1986 the Teatro La Fenice in Venice mounted back-to-back productions of Aroldo and Stiffelio (the latter in a version similar to that described above) in conjunction with an international scholarly conference which was held in that city in December 1985. The 1993 Met production was revived in 2010 with José Cura in the title role and conducted by Domingo. The new critical edition has also been performed at La Scala and in Los Angeles. The Sarasota Opera presented Stiffelio in 2005 as part of its "Verdi Cycle" of all of the composer's operas. The opera was given in a concert version in London by the Chelsea Opera Group on 8 June 2014 with the role of Lina being sung by Nelly Miricioiu. The Berlin premiere of Stiffelio was conducted by Felix Krieger with Berliner Operngruppe on February 1, 2017, at Konzerthaus Berlin. New productions of the opera were presented by Frankfurt Opera and La Fenice, Venice in 2016, by Teatro Regio di Parma in 2017, at Palacio de Bellas Artes in 2018, and at the Opéra national du Rhin in 2021. Roles Synopsis Place: Count Stankar's castle and surrounding environs on the banks of the River Salzach, outside of Salzburg, Austria Time: first half of the 19th century Act 1 Scene 1: A hall in Count Stankar's castle Stiffelio, a Protestant minister, is expected to return from a mission. His wife Lina, her father Stankar, the elderly minister Jorg, and Lina's cousins Dorotea and Federico are waiting for him. In addition, there is Raffaele who, unknown to all, is Lina's lover. Stiffelio arrives and recounts a strange story told by Walter the castle boatman: eight days earlier, Walter witnessed a man escape from the room of an unidentified woman in the castle by jumping out the window into the river. In his