In the 1st work: Jessye Norman, soprano ; Giuseppe Giacomini, tenor ; Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone ; additional soloists ; Choeurs de l'Orchestre de Paris ; Orchestre de Paris ; Semyon Bychkov, conductor. In the 2nd work: Barbara Frittoli, soprano ; José Cura, tenors ; Simon Keenlyside, Carlos Álvarez, baritones ; Netherlands Radio Choir ; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Operas in one act (1st work) and a prologue and two acts (2nd work).
Libretto for the 1st work by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, based on the novella by Giovanni Verga; libretto for the 2nd work by the composer.