"I thought that the Venetians would think I was crazy after hearing my opera, now it turns out: they are even crazier than I am!", Gioachino Rossini enthusiastically and audaciously states on the occasion of the premiere of his opera prank in 1813. And yes, not only the composer was crazy here, who turned the heads of the audience with virtuoso musical bravura; the events that befall the young Italian woman, who travels far away in matters of love, because her lover Lindoro has disappeared, are downright enraptured and masterfully confusing.
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