Ricciardo e Zoraide

Ricciardo e Zoraide
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
Rossini c. 1815
LibrettistFrancesco Berio di Salsa
LanguageItalian
Based onIl Ricciardetto, epic poem by Forteguerri
Premiere
3 December 1818 (1818-12-03)
Teatro San Carlo, Naples

Ricciardo e Zoraide (Ricciardo and Zoraide) is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Francesco Berio di Salsa. The text is based on cantos XIV and XV of Il Ricciardetto, an epic poem by Niccolò Forteguerri.

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