▁Hugh es ▁notes ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁twenty - six ▁numbers ▁of ▁Edu ardo ▁e ▁Crist ina , ▁produced ▁in ▁Ven ice ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 7 , ▁nin ete en ▁were ▁lifted ▁from ▁previous ▁works . ▁" The ▁audience   ... ▁were ▁remark ably ▁good - hum oured ▁  ... ▁and ▁asked ▁s ly ly ▁why ▁the ▁libre tto ▁had ▁been ▁changed ▁since ▁the ▁last ▁performance ". ▁Ross ini ▁expressed ▁his ▁dis g ust ▁when ▁the ▁publish er ▁Giovanni ▁Ric ord i ▁issued ▁a ▁complete ▁edition ▁of ▁his ▁works ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 5 0 s : ▁" The ▁same ▁pieces ▁will ▁be ▁found ▁several ▁times , ▁for ▁I ▁thought ▁I ▁had ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁remove ▁from ▁my ▁f ias cos ▁those ▁pieces ▁which ▁seemed ▁best , ▁to ▁rescue ▁them ▁from ▁ship w reck   ... ▁A ▁f ias co ▁seemed ▁to ▁be ▁good ▁and ▁dead , ▁and ▁now ▁look ▁they ' ve ▁res us cit ated ▁them ▁all !" ▁ ▁O vert ures ▁ ▁Philip ▁G os sett ▁notes ▁that ▁Ross ini ▁" was ▁from ▁the ▁out set ▁a ▁consum mate ▁composer ▁of ▁over t ures ." ▁His ▁basic ▁formula ▁for ▁these ▁remained ▁constant ▁throughout ▁his ▁career : ▁G os sett ▁character ises ▁them ▁as ▁" son ata ▁movements ▁without ▁development ▁sections , ▁usually ▁preced ed ▁by ▁a ▁slow ▁introduction " ▁with ▁" clear ▁mel od ies , ▁ex uber ant ▁rh yth ms ▁[ and ] ▁simple ▁harm onic ▁structure " ▁and ▁a ▁cres c endo ▁clim ax .