Which Rossini opera has a title that translates into English as 'The Thieving Magpie'?
"his own hands. Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film ""A Clockwork Orange"" is alluded to when the Coon attacks Mosquito and Mint Berry Crunch. The same music is also used: an excerpt from the overture of ""The Thieving Magpie"" by Gioacchino Rossini. Captain Hindsight advises the NFL about Brett Favre, a professional American football player accused of sending pictures of his penis via mobile telephone. The creatures emerging from the dimensional tear are similar to those in the works of author H. P. Lovecraft and the Stephen King novella ""The Mist"", as well as its film adaptation. Cthulhu is a monster from"
"Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (; 29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as some sacred music, songs, chamber music, and piano pieces. He was a precocious composer of operas, and he made his debut at age 18 with ""La cambiale di matrimonio"". His best-known operas include the Italian comedies ""The Barber of Seville"" (""Il barbiere di Siviglia""), ""The Italian Girl in Algiers"" (""L'italiana in Algeri""), and ""Cinderella"" (""La Cenerentola""). He also wrote a string of serious operas in Italian, including works such as ""Tancredi"", ""Otello"", and ""Semiramide"". ""The Thieving"
"Ireland, a widespread traditional rhyme, ""One for Sorrow"", records the myth (it is not clear whether it has been seriously believed) that seeing magpies predicts the future, depending on how many are seen. There are many regional variations on the rhyme, which means that it is impossible to give a definitive version. In Italian, British and French folklore, magpies are believed to have a penchant for picking up shiny items, particularly precious stones or metal objects. Rossini's opera ""La gazza ladra"" and ""The Adventures of Tintin"" comic ""The Castafiore Emerald"" are based on this theme. However, one recent research study"
"L'equivoco stravagante L'equivoco stravagante (; The Curious Misunderstanding) is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Gaetano Gasbarri. It was Rossini's first attempt at writing a full two-act opera. ""L'equivoco stravagante"" was first performed at the Teatro del Corso, Bologna, on 26 October 1811. It was only performed three times before the police closed the production down, possibly because the text touched on the subject of army desertion. The music of the overture was subsequently lost. The opera was first produced in the United States (in English translation as ""The Bizarre Deception"")"
"L'occasione fa il ladro L’occasione fa il ladro, ossia Il cambio della valigia (Opportunity Makes a Thief, or The Exchanged Suitcase) is an opera (""burletta per musica"" or ""farsa"") in one act by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Prividali, based on ""Le prétendu par hasard, ou L’occasion fait le larron"", an 1810 vaudeville by Eugène Scribe. 19th century ""L’occasione fa il ladro"" was first performed at the Teatro San Moisè, Venice, on 24 November 1812. Of the five one-act operas that he wrote for the theatre, this was the one performed most often during the composer’s lifetime"
"to ride on the magical merry-go-round. Dottor Massimo: Dottor Massimo is Scipio's cruel father. He owns a mansion that he and Scipio live in and several movie theaters in Venice, including the Stella. Scipio doesn't have a very good relationship with his dad and thinks he is a very serious and selfish person. The Thief Lord The Thief Lord is a children's novel written by Cornelia Funke. It was published in Germany in 2000 and translated into English by Oliver Latsch in 2002 for The Chicken House, a division of Scholastic publishing company. It was also adapted into a film"
"marry, subjects Parmenione to a severe cross-examination. He is eventually forced to admit his deception. Berenice can now marry Alberto and Parmenione can marry Ernestina – who turns out to the woman he was trying to trace, the sister of his friend. And the portrait in Alberto’s luggage? It was of his own sister, to be given to Berenice as a wedding-present. Notes Sources L'occasione fa il ladro L’occasione fa il ladro, ossia Il cambio della valigia (Opportunity Makes a Thief, or The Exchanged Suitcase) is an opera (""burletta per musica"" or ""farsa"") in one act by Gioachino Rossini to"
"her ""Salieri album"". La secchia rapita La secchia rapita (""The stolen bucket"") is a mock-heroic epic poem by Alessandro Tassoni based on the real life event, the War of the Bucket which was first published in 1622 (see 1622 in poetry); it tells of a war between the Italian cities of Modena and Bologna over the possession of a wooden bucket that later influenced Alexander Pope's ""The Rape of the Lock"". """"La secchia rapita"""" is also the name of a comic opera by Salieri, first performed in Vienna in 1772; one of the arias from the work was recorded by"
"Adelaide di Borgogna Adelaide di Borgogna, ossia Ottone, re d'Italia (Adelaide of Burgundy, or Otto, King of Italy) is a two-act opera composed by Gioachino Rossini (with contributions by Michele Carafa) to a libretto by Giovanni Schmidt. It was premièred at the Teatro Argentina in Rome on 27 December 1817. 20th century and beyond Performances have included concert versions with Della Jones as Ottone and Eiddwen Harrhy as Adelaide given at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall in November 1978, and another at Usher Hall in Edinburgh on 19 August 2005 The Festival della Valle d'Itria in Martina Franca in Italy presented"
"La secchia rapita La secchia rapita (""The stolen bucket"") is a mock-heroic epic poem by Alessandro Tassoni based on the real life event, the War of the Bucket which was first published in 1622 (see 1622 in poetry); it tells of a war between the Italian cities of Modena and Bologna over the possession of a wooden bucket that later influenced Alexander Pope's ""The Rape of the Lock"". """"La secchia rapita"""" is also the name of a comic opera by Salieri, first performed in Vienna in 1772; one of the arias from the work was recorded by Cecilia Bartoli on"
"from earlier operas As has been noted, Rossini borrowed melodic fragments from some of his previous works. These include a quintet from largest musical contributor, ""Il Turco in Italia"" (1814), as well as other pieces, such as a second-act trio from ""La pietra del paragone"" (1812), plus a Largo from ""Torvaldo e Dorliska"" (1815). All would have been unknown to audiences in Naples. The lost Quintet Musicologist Philip Gossett, who oversaw the preparation of the critical edition in 2002 and who, in 2012, identified music found in Palermo as belonging to the opera (in fact, it was the lost act"
"disguise"". It was the first of the Italian operas to be based on Scott's romantic works, and marked the beginning of romanticism in Rossini's work. Scott was ""deeply influential in the development of Italian romantic opera"" to the extent that by 1840 (barely 20 years after this opera), there were 25 Italian operas based on his works, the most famous being Donizetti's ""Lucia di Lammermoor"" of 1835. Others in German, French and English followed. Written for the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, this was the seventh of nine operas which Rossini wrote for that house between 1815 and 1822. Although"
"Zanni, Moschino"" etc.) are introduced into this 'serious' context. The use of the term ""comedia musicale"" in the printed score might go back to Dante's ""Divine Comedy"" (completed 1320), merely addressing a happy ending story. The opera was first performed at the Palazzo Barberini, Rome on 12 February 1637. The surviving score is a revised version dating from 1639. The impoverished Egisto is in love with the young widow Alvida. She rejects his advances unless he destroys the things dearest to him: a tower he has inherited and his favourite falcon. He does so and Alvida is so impressed by"
"Théâtre-Italien to see traditional ""opera buffa"" and works in the newly fashionable bel canto style, especially those by Rossini, whose fame was sweeping across Europe. Rossini's influence began to pervade French ""opéra comique"". Its presence is felt in Boieldieu's greatest success, ""La dame blanche"" (1825) as well as later works by Auber (""Fra Diavolo"", 1830; ""Le domino noir"", 1837), Hérold (""Zampa"", 1831) and Adolphe Adam (""Le postillon de Longjumeau"", 1836). In 1823, the Théâtre-Italien scored an immense coup when it persuaded Rossini himself to come to Paris and take up the post of manager of the opera house. Rossini arrived"
"Cesare"",""Tamerlano"", and ""Rodelinda. The directors of the Royal Academy of Music decided to increase the appeal of the operas by bringing another internationally famous singer, the soprano Faustina Bordoni, to join the established London stars Cuzzoni and Senesino, as was reported in the London press - the ""Daily Journal"" wrote on 31 August 1725 'We hear that the Royal Academy (of) Musick, in the Hay Market, have contracted with famous Chauntess for 2500 ""l"". who is coming over from Italy against the Winter' with the ""London Journal"" adding ""'Signiora Faustina, a famous Italian Lady, is coming over this Winter to"
"imitated by later composers, most famously and successfully by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in ""Don Giovanni"". Salieri also wrote several bravura arias for a soprano playing the part of a middle class character that combined ""coloratura"" and ""concertante"" woodwind solos, another innovation for comic opera that was widely imitated. Salieri's next two operas were not particular or lasting successes. ""La secchia rapita"" (""The Stolen Bucket"") is a parody of the high flown and emotive arias found in Metastasian ""opera seria"". It also contains innovative orchestrations, including the first known use of three tympani. Again a classic of Renaissance literature was the"
"has an affair with Duke Carlo II of Mantua: Melani indicated that ""both men had sex with the same (unidentified) page at the court of Innsbruck"". Melani quickly became famous nevertheless and stories circulated that his voice was the result of being bitten by a snake. His most celebrated role was as Orfeo in the opera by Luigi Rossi which premiered in 1647. His fame took Melani to the court of Louis XIV of France, effectively promoted as a gift from the Medici to the opera-loving Queen Anne. Cardinal Mazarin thereupon introduced him to the world of espionage, where Melani"
"This appearance was one amongst many in major roles for English National Opera, which include Don Basilio in Rossini's ""Il Barbiere di Siviglia""; Dulcamara in Donizetti's ""L'elisir d'amore""; Somnus in Handel's ""Semele""; Quince in Britten's ""A Midsummer Night's Dream""; Collatinus in Britten's ""The Rape of Lucretia"", Poo-Bah in Gilbert & Sullivan's ""The Mikado""; Sarastro in Mozart's ""Die Zauberflöte""; Bartolo (""Le nozze di Figaro""); Sacristan in Puccini's ""Tosca""; Pistol in Verdi's ""Falstaff"" and Ribbing in Verdi's ""Un ballo in maschera"". Graeme Danby performs regularly at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In Spring 2005, he sang the major role of Charrington"
"she is reading with reality. In the book Francesca da Rimini is found by her husband with another man. Ugo enters and the couple greet each other. Suddenly Parisina’s maid La Verde bursts in to announce the return of Nicolo d’Este from his hunting trip. The Marquis discovers his own son in bed with his mistress and condemns them both to be beheaded. Parisina (Mascagni) Parisina is a ""tragedia lirica"", or opera, in four acts by Pietro Mascagni. Gabriele D'Annunzio wrote the Italian libretto after Byron's poem ""Parisina"" of 1816. It was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala in"
"Rossini made modifications for the French audience, changing it from two to four acts and changing Rosina's part from a contralto to a soprano. This new version premiered at the Odéon-Théâtre on 6 May 1824, with Rossini present, and remains today the version most used in opera houses around the world. Rossini decided to settle in Paris and became the musical director of the theater. With Rossini at its head, the ""Théâtre-Italien"" had a huge success; its company included several of the finest singers in Europe, including Giulia Grisi, the niece of Napoleon's favorite, Giuseppina Grassi; and Maria Malibran, who"
"Recordings and was nominated in 2010 for a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. Volpone Volpone (Italian for ""sly fox"") is a comedy play by English playwright Ben Jonson first produced in 1605–1606, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-performed play, and it is ranked among the finest Jacobean era comedies. Volpone ""(The Fox)"" is a Venetian gentleman who pretends to be on his deathbed after a long illness in order to dupe Voltore ""(The Vulture)"", Corbaccio ""(The Raven)"" and Corvino ""(The Crow)"", three men who aspire"
"the Silver Rose"" (""Biancaneve e la rosa d'argento""), and ""The Seven Dwarfs and the Joker Wizard"" (""I Sette Nani e il mago burlone""), among others. For instance, ""Snow White and the Shattered Mirror"" (""Biancaneve e lo specchio infranto""), has the old Witch, terminally ill, discover she has only one day to live, but she refuses to accept her destiny and finds a way to conquer death. In ""Goofy the Magician and the Seven Dwarfs"" (""Pippo mago e i Sette Nani""), the Queen's four goon henchmen attack the dwarfs and steal their treasure but then decide to keep it for themselves"
"in theatres throughout Italy as well as in Paris and London. Following this triumph, Rossini was commissioned to write three more operas by the manager of the Teatro San Moisè. ""L'inganno felice"" was performed at La Fenice in Venice in September 2014. Before the action begins, the villainous Ormondo was in love with Isabella, who was happily married to Duke Bertrando, but, when she rejected his advances, Ormondo spread vicious rumours about her reputation and bribed Batone into casting her adrift in a boat on the sea. However, she was rescued by a local miner, Tarabotto, who then disguised her"
"Otello (Rossini) Otello () is an opera in three acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Berio di Salsa. The work is based on a French adaptation of the story, not Shakespeare's play ""Othello"" as neither Rossini nor his librettist knew the English drama. The opera deviates heavily from Shakespeare's version not only in that it takes place in Venice and not on Cyprus, but also in that the whole dramatic conflict develops in a different manner. The role of Iago is reduced to some degree, and it is much less diabolical than in the original"
"Una furtiva lagrima """" (A furtive tear) is the romanza from act 2, scene 8 of the Italian opera ""L'elisir d'amore"" by Gaetano Donizetti. It is sung by Nemorino (tenor) when he finds that the love potion he bought to win the heart of his dream lady, Adina, works. Nemorino is in love with Adina, but she is not interested in a relationship with an innocent, rustic man. To win her heart, Nemorino buys a love potion with all the money he has in his pocket. That love potion is actually a cheap red wine sold by a traveling quack"
"and Colbran, materially well off as the result of her professional success and family fortune, developed a fondness for gambling. To complement Colbran's talents Barbaia signed Gioachino Rossini to a seven-year contract as a composer of operas for the company. Upon his arrival in Naples in 1815 Rossini composed the title role of ""Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra"" (""Elizabeth, Queen of England"") especially for her. His next Neapolitan opera was ""Otello, ossia il Moro di Venezia"" in which Colbran sang the role of Desdemona. This opera proved to be immensely popular and found Colbran at the height of her powers. Her popularity"
"London at the King's Theatre on 31 October 1775) as ""La Rosinella, ossia La sposa fedele"", ""La fedeltà in amore"", ""La sposa costante"", and ""La costanza di Rosinella"". In Germany it was given as ""Robert und Kalliste, oder der Triumph der Treue"". A German vocal score was published in 1777 in Berlin and Leipzig. Rosinella and Pasqualino are separated when their ship is wrecked near the home of the Marchese del Vento Ponente. The Marchese and Conte Lelio have designs on Rosinella, but she is true to Pasqualino. La sposa fedele La sposa fedele (""The Faithful Bride"") is an ""opera"
"after uncovering the deceit of Jago and the innocence of his wife.” As in Verdi's ""Otello"", Desdemona's aria """"Salce"""" (""Willow Song"") is a pivotal moment in the final act. Franz Liszt based the Canzone from the Années de Pèlerinage supplement Venezia e Napoli on the offstage gondolier's song ""Nessun maggior dolore"" from this opera. Notes Sources Otello (Rossini) Otello () is an opera in three acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Berio di Salsa. The work is based on a French adaptation of the story, not Shakespeare's play ""Othello"" as neither Rossini nor his librettist"
"is provided by the servant Pappacione, fooled into searching for gold in an old cistern. All ends happily. Notes Cited sources Other sources La zingara La zingara (""The Gypsy Girl"") is an opera semiseria in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, set to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola after ""La petite bohémienne"" (""The Little Gypsy"") by Louis-Charles Caigniez, which was itself derived from a work of August von Kotzebue. It was Donizetti's first opera written for Naples, and the first performance of this ""rescue opera"" took place at the Teatro Nuovo on 12 May 1822. One critic reviewing the 2001"
"call the police and blame all the theft on him. Glumly, Bob and Laetitia duet on whether to stay and face the charges or leave, and the persuasive Laetitia eventually wins the argument. Vindictively, they steal all of Miss Todd's valuables, including her car, and ride off together. Miss Todd returns to find her house empty and, realizing her life is now in ruins, collapses in grief after a final frantic aria. The Old Maid and the Thief The Old Maid and the Thief is a radio opera in one act by Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti. The work uses"
"Sly (opera) Sly, ovvero La leggenda del dormiente risvegliato (English: ""Sly, or The Legend of the Sleeper Awoken"") is an opera in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, based on the Induction (the Prologue) to William Shakespeare's ""The Taming of the Shrew"" (the German version of libretto, ""Sly, oder Die Legende vom wiedererweckten Schläfer"", was translated by ). Unlike most of Wolf-Ferrari's other operas, this is a tragedy. Many musicologists regard Wolf-Ferrari as having written only one verismo opera (""I gioielli della Madonna"", Berlin, 1911). There are reasons to disagree, and to consider ""Sly"""
"Il palazzo incantato Il Palazzo Incantato (""The Enchanted Palace"") or Il Palagio d’Atlante, overo La Guerriera Amante (""The Palace of Atlantes, or The Warrior Woman in Love"") is an opera in a prologue and three acts by the Italian composer Luigi Rossi. The libretto, by Giulio Rospigliosi, the future Pope Clement IX, is based on Ariosto's ""Orlando furioso"". It was first performed in Rome in a lavish production at the Teatro delle Quattro Fontane (Palazzo Barberini) on 22 February 1642. Rossi was criticised for giving too much music to his friend, the castrato Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, who played Bradamante, at the"
"Ruggiero has broken the spell. Atlante responds by disguising himself as Ruggiero but when he is faced with a duel with the real Ruggiero he is forced to admit defeat. The magic palace vanishes and the knights and ladies are freed. Il palazzo incantato Il Palazzo Incantato (""The Enchanted Palace"") or Il Palagio d’Atlante, overo La Guerriera Amante (""The Palace of Atlantes, or The Warrior Woman in Love"") is an opera in a prologue and three acts by the Italian composer Luigi Rossi. The libretto, by Giulio Rospigliosi, the future Pope Clement IX, is based on Ariosto's ""Orlando furioso"". It"