 For this later production, Bellini specifically rejected a request by Gilardoni to revise the libretto, preferring instead Felice Romani, whom he regarded as the superior poet.The first version, given as "Bianca e Gernando", premiered at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples on 30 May 1826 with Henriette Méric-Lalande and Giovanni Battista Rubini in the title roles.The revised version, given under its original title, "Bianca e Fernando", took place on the occasion of the opening of the new Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa on 7 April 1828.