Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra
Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra (; Elizabeth, Queen of England) is a "dramma per musica" or opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Giovanni Schmidt, from the play "Il paggio di Leicester" ("Leicester's Page") by Carlo Federici, which itself "was derived from a novel "The Recess" (1785) by Sophia Lee."

It was premiered at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples on 4 October 1815 and was the first of nine operas which Rossini wrote for the San Carlo. Altogether, this was one of eighteen operas which he wrote during the time he spent in Naples.

Rossini took melodies from other operas to compose "Elisabetta", including the overture, first written for "Aureliano in Palmira", which is famous as the overture to "The Barber of Seville". As Holden notes, with the re-uses of earlier music, "it is as if Rossini wished to present himself to the Neapolitan public by offering a selection of the best music from operas unlikely to have been revived in Naples."

Some of "Elisabetta" 's music was recycled in later operas and a part of Elisabetta's first aria was re-used by Rossini four months later in Rosina's aria "Una voce poco fa" in the opera "The Barber of Seville".
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