Three important bel canto performances are included in this reissue, two of them offering rarely performed operas, both recorded in 1983. From Donizetti, the 1983 recording of his Il campanello di notte: “This sparkling one-act piece”, declared the Penguin Guide, “is based on something like the same story which Donizetti developed later in Don Pasquale. Enzo Dara and Angelo Romero are delightful in their patter duet, and Agnes Baltsa is a formidable but sparkling Serafini. Gary Bertini is a sympathetic conductor who paces things well.”