La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) marked a culmination of the convergence of serious and comic elements in Rossinis work. The result is an ideal hybrid: a tragic opera with a happy ending that

Rossini: La gazza ladra
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La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) marked a culmination of the convergence of serious and comic elements in Rossinis work. The result is an ideal hybrid: a tragic opera with a happy ending that rises to the status of true opera seria. It remains one of Rossinis greatest and most successful operas, a constant repertoire presence since its triumphant 1817 Milan premiÃ¨re. Alberto Zedda, who made his conducting dÃ©but in 1956, produced the first critical edition of La gazza ladra, and is widely acknowledged as one of the worlds foremost authorities on the operas of Rossini.

Rossini: La gazza ladra