Isaaco and the transvestite Pippo, who exonerate the protagonist of this opera.
One aria from this opera notes that "Even in the face of the enemy/I had this every hour" and begins with the same phrase as a duet in Bellini's I Puritani. Another aria from this opera, "Di piacer mi balza cor," is sung in its first act in which favors are specified by the libidinous mayor Gottardo. The soprano of this opera laments "Give firmness to my heart!" and "terminate my sufferings" in "Deh, tu reggi in tal memento." This opera contains (*) Isaaco and the transvestite Pippo, who exonerate the protagonist of this opera. That protagonist's father Fernardo Villabella returns from the wars in the first act, but is sentenced to death and helped by a character who herself ends up in the scaffolds after a household fork and spoon go missing and the title creature incriminates her. Featuring the lovers Giannetto and Ninetta, for 10 points, identify this opera semiseria by Gioachino Rossini.
One aria from this opera notes that "Even in the face of the enemy/I had this every hour" and begins with the same phrase as a duet in Bellini's I Puritani.
The Thieving Magpie [or La Gazza Ladra]