L’occasione fa il ladro, ossia Il cambio della valigia (Opportunity Makes a Thief, or The Exchanged Suitcase) is an opera (burletta per musica or farsa) in one act by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Prividali, based on Le prétendu par hasard, ou L’occasion fait le larron, an 1810 vaudeville by Eugène Scribe.
| Original Name | L’occasione fa il ladro, ossia Il cambio della valigia |
| Librettist | Luigi Prividali (based on Le prétendu par hasard, ou L’occasion fait le larron, an 1810 vaudeville by Eugène Scribe) |
| Date of composition | 1812 |
| Premiered | 1824, November 24th (Teatro San Moisè) in Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy |
| First published | 1853, Ricordi in Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy |
| Type | Opera |
| Spoken language | Italian |
| Instruments |
Voice (Baritone)
- Don Parmenione
Voice (Bass) - Martino, his servant 3x Voice - Count Alberto Voice (Tenor) - Don Eusebio Voice (Soprano) - Berenice, Don Eusebio's niece and ward Voice (Soprano) - Ernestina, her friend Orchestra |
| Autotranslations beta |
Gioachino Rossini: Opportunity Makes a Thief, or The Exchanged Suitcase Gioachino Rossini: Opportunity Makes a Thief, or The Exchanged Suitcase Gioachino Rossini: Opportunity Makes a Thief, or The Exchanged Suitcase |