Ricciardo e Zoraide (Ricciardo and Zoraide) is an opera in two act by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Francesco Berio de Salsa. The text is based on cantos XIV and XV of Il Ricciardetto, an epic poem by Niccolò Forteguerri.
Ricciardo e Zoraide was first performed at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, on 3 December 1818.
As the opera opens the Nubian King Agorante, who is infatuated with Zoraide, has defeated her father, Ircano and captured...
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Ricciardo e Zoraide (Ricciardo and Zoraide) is an opera in two act by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Francesco Berio de Salsa. The text is based on cantos XIV and XV of Il Ricciardetto, an epic poem by Niccolò Forteguerri.
Ricciardo e Zoraide was first performed at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, on 3 December 1818.
As the opera opens the Nubian King Agorante, who is infatuated with Zoraide, has defeated her father, Ircano and captured her. Ricciardo, a Christian knight, and Zoraide's lover accompanies an emissary to plead for her release. Agorante's jealous wife, Zomira, arranges the capture of Ricciardo as well and plots to have the young lovers executed to protect her position as Queen. The opera ends with an army of Christian knights rescuing Ricciardo and Zoraide. Ricciardo spares Agorante's life.
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