Ricciardo e Zoraide
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
Ricciardo e Zoraide is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Francesco Berio di Salsa. The text is based on cantos XIV and XV of Il Ricciardetto, an epic poem by Niccolò Forteguerri. Wikipedia
Librettist: Francesco Maria Berio (marchese di Salza)
First performance: December 3, 1818, San Carlo Theatre, Naples, Italy
Composer: Gioachino Rossini