 It was the first of the Italian operas to be based on Scott's romantic works, and marked the beginning of romanticism in Rossini's work.Scott was "deeply influential in the development of Italian romantic opera" to the extent that by 1840 (barely 20 years after this opera), there were 25 Italian operas based on his works, the most famous being Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" of 1835.Others in German, French and English followed.