What Monteverdi ballet was first performed in Lombardy, Italy?
Mantua Mantua (Italian: "Mantova" ] ; Emilian and Latin: "Mantua") is a city and commune in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name.
L'italiana in Algeri L'Italiana in Algeri (] ; English: The Italian Girl in Algiers ) is an operatic "dramma giocoso" in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca. It premiered at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice on 22 May 1813. The music is characteristic of Rossini's style, remarkable for its fusion of sustained, manic energy with elegant, pristine melodies.