Adelaide Di Borgogna

It can be truly said of Adelaide di Borgogna that like a rose it bloomed but a day lespace dun matin First performed in Rome on the 27th December 1817 it enjoyed very few revivals In 2011 the Rossini Festival in Pesaro presented the second staged performance of Adelaide di Borgogna since 1825 The story of the opera was taken from a historical event that took place in the medieval period marking the end of an independent Italian kingdom and leading to the birth of the German Holy Roman Empire through the efforts of Otto I of Saxony Caught between political rivalry and the love of two men Adelaide of Burgundy struggles to fight for her people and chooses Otto the better ruler for herself and her kingdom