Libretti by Giovanni Schmidt

opera by Gioachino Rossini

opera by Gioacchino Rossini

opera by Gioachino Rossini

Elvida is a melodramma or opera in one act by Gaetano Donizetti. Giovanni Schmidt wrote the Italian libretto. The opera was written as a ''pièce d'occasion'' for the birthday of Queen Maria of the Two Sicilies. The choice of subject matter was no doubt intended as an elegant acknowledgement of the Queen's Spanish ancestry. Donizetti received little financial reward for the work and, as a result, put the minimum of effort into its composition.

Opera by Gioachino Rossini

opera by Giovanni Pacini

opera by Ferdinando Paër