 The first opera based on the play was Ferdinando Bertoni's opera buffa "Il duca di Atene" (1780), with libretto by Carlo Francesco Badini.Frederic Reynolds' "Catherine and Petruchio" (1828) is an adaptation of Garrick, with an overture taken from Gioachino Rossini, songs derived from numerous Shakespeare plays and sonnets, and music by John Braham and Thomas Simpson Cooke.Starring Fanny Ayton and James William Wallack, the opera premiered at Drury Lane, but it was not successful, and closed after only a few performances.