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'''Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra''', ('''Elizabeth, Queen of England''') is a ''dramma per musica'' or opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini, from a libretto by Giovanni Schmidt, from the play ''The Page of Leicester'' by Carlo Federici. It had its debut at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples on 4 October 1815. Rossini took melodies from other operas to compose ''Elisabetta''.

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Roles

Roles

★ Elisabetta (soprano)

★ Leicester (tenor)

★ Matilde (soprano)

★ Enrico (contralto)

★ Norfolk (tenor)

★ Guglielmo (tenor)

★ Knights, ladies, noble Scotsmen hostages to Elisabetta, official followers of Leicester, pages, royal guards, soldiers, people (chorus)