[citation needed] The reviewer for La Stampa commented favorably on both the Milan premiere of the entire opera, and the extracts performed in Turin, stating that the pieces were: L'albatro was revived in Florence in 1914 to an enthusiastic reception.
The story recounts the brief love that springs up between the young prince Carlo Enrico, who is passing time in Heidelberg as a student, and the beautiful but poor daughter of an innkeeper (Catina).
The two fall sweetly in love, but the prince ultimately cannot remain with her because of the difference in their social stations: he must return to his homeland for a properly royal marriage.
[5][6][7][8] At the premiere, the opera received a "full and warm" reception from the audience, with the authors being called to take bows twice during the first act.
[5][9] The next year, Eidelberg Mia was performed at the Volksoper in Vienna on 12 February 1909, to a positive audience reaction and good reviews.