La gazzetta, ossia Il matrimonio per concorso (The Newspaper, or The Marriage Contest) is an opera buffa by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was by Giuseppe Palomba after Carlo Goldoni's play Il matrimonio per concorso of 1763. The opera satirizes the influence of newspapers on people's lives. There is critical disagreement as to its success, although the New England Conservatory's notes for their April 2013 production state that the opera "was an immediate hit, and showed Rossini at his comic best."

Original Name La gazzetta, ossia Il matrimonio per concorso
Librettist Giuseppe Palomba (after Carlo Goldoni's play Il matrimonio per concorso of 1763)
Premiered 1816, September 26th in Naples, FL, United States
First published 2002
Type Opera
Spoken language Italian
Instruments Orchestra
Voice (Bass) - Don Pomponio
Voice (Soprano) - Lisetta, Don Pomponio's daughter
Voice (Baritone) - Filippo, an innkeeper, in love with Lisetta
Voice (Tenor) - Alberto, a wealthy young man
Voice (Soprano) - Doralice, in search of a husband
Voice (Bass) - Anselmo, Doralice's father
Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Madama La Rose
Voice (Bass) - Monsù Traversen, an old roué
Autotranslations beta Gioachino Rossini: The Newspaper, or The Marriage Contest
Gioachino Rossini: The Newspaper, or The Marriage Contest
Gioachino Rossini: The Newspaper, or The Marriage Contest