“The Magpie-Thief” ( Italian: La gazza ladra ; the full title “The Magpie-Thief, or Danger to Judge by Appearance”) is the opera of Joaquino Rossini in two acts. Libretto by Giovanni Gerardini based on the play by Louis Charles Kennier and Jean-Marie Theodore Baudouin d'Aubigny “The Forty-Thief, or Maid of Palezo ”.
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| First Place | La Scala , Milan |
The premiere took place in Milan at the La Scala Theater, on May 31, 1817 .
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History of Creation and Performances
The premiere took place in Milan at the La Scala Theater, on May 31, 1817. The premiere in Russian took place in St. Petersburg on January 26, 1821 [1] .
Actors
| The consignment | Vote | Artist at the premiere May 31, 1817 Conductor: Alessandro Rolla |
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| Ninetta, Servant of Fabrizio Vingradito | mezzo soprano | Theresa Bellock-Georgie |
| Fabrizio Vingradito, a wealthy peasant | bass | Vincenzo Botticelli |
| Janetto, son of Fabrizio | tenor | Savino Monelli |
| Gottardo Podesta, village headman | bass | Antonio Ambrosi |
| Fernando Villabella, Ninetta's father | bass | Filippo Galli |
| Pippo, Fabrizio Worker | mezzo soprano | Theresa Gallianis |
| Lucia, wife of Fabrizio | soprano | Marietta Castiglioni |
| Giorgio, servant of the headman | bass | Paolo Rossignoli |
| Isakko | tenor | Francesco Biscottini |
| Antonio | tenor | Francesco Biscottini |
| Ernesto, soldier, friend of Fernando | bass | Alessandro de Angeli |
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The opera takes place in a large village on the outskirts of Paris in the late XVIII - early XIX centuries .