Composer: |
Gioachino Rossini |
Music title: |
L'Italiana in Algeri (1813) |
Librettist: |
Angelo Anelli |
Work definition: |
Dramma giocoso in two acts |
Title notes: |
Also known as 'The Italian Girl in Algiers' |
After/based on: |
Derived from the libretto by Angelo Anelli for the opera 'L'Italiana in Algeri' by Luigi Mosca (1808, Milan) |
Language: |
Italian |
World premiere: |
22 May 1813, Teatro San Benedetto, Venice |
ROH premiere: |
1847, Royal Italian Opera |
ROH company premiere: |
2 January 1988, The Royal Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |