Rita (opera)
| Rita | |
|---|---|
| Opéra comique by Gaetano Donizetti | |
Donizetti, in an 1842 portrait by Joseph Kriehuber | |
| Native title | Deux Hommes et une femme |
| Librettist | Gustave Vaëz |
| Language | French |
| Premiere | |
Deux Hommes et une femme (Two Men and a Woman), also known as Rita, is an opéra comique in one act, composed by Gaetano Donizetti to a French libretto by Gustave Vaëz. The opera, a domestic comedy consisting of eight musical numbers connected by spoken dialogue, was completed in 1841. Never performed in Donizetti's lifetime, it premiered posthumously at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 7 May 1860.