'L’occasione fa il ladro, ossia Il cambio della valigia' ('Opportunity Makes a Thief, or The Exchanged Suitcase') is an opera (burletta per musica or farsa) in one act by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Prividali, based on Le prétendu par hazard, ou L’occasion fait le larron, a play by Eugène Scribe.
L’occasione fa il ladro was first performed at the Teatro San Moisè, Venice, on 24 November 1812. Of the five one-act operas that ...
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'L’occasione fa il ladro, ossia Il cambio della valigia' ('Opportunity Makes a Thief, or The Exchanged Suitcase') is an opera (burletta per musica or farsa) in one act by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Prividali, based on Le prétendu par hazard, ou L’occasion fait le larron, a play by Eugène Scribe.
L’occasione fa il ladro was first performed at the Teatro San Moisè, Venice, on 24 November 1812. Of the five one-act operas that he wrote for the theatre, this was the one performed most often during the composer’s lifetime, but, as with most of his operas, it was neglected after his death. There was, however, a revival at Pesaro in 1892, with Alessandro Bonci.
In more recent times, the opera was performed at the Rossini Opera Festival in 1987 (director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle) and subsequently recorded. In Britain, Opera North presented a number of English-language performances in 2004 as part of their Eight Little Greats season. The opera was entitled Love’s Luggage...
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