LItaliana in Algeri

This is Vienna State Opera live at home April 2015 Litaliana in Algeri English The Italian Girl in Algiers is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca It premiered at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice on 22 May 1813 The music is characteristic of Rossinis style remarkable for its fusion of sustained manic energy with elegant pristine melodies