Adina was commissioned in 1818 by Diego Ignazio de Pina Manique, police superintendent of Lisbon and inspector of Portuguese theatres. The plot is very similar to that of Francesco Basili's 1819 opera, Il califfo e la schiava, for which the libretto was written by Felice Romani, and some passages occur in both librettos - a mystery which has not yet been unravelled.
| Librettist | Marchese Gherardo Bevilacqua-Aldobrandini |
| Date of composition | 1818 in Bologna, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Italy |
| Premiered | 1826, June 22nd (Teatro Nacional de São Carlos) in Lisbon, Portugal |
| First published | 1858, Ricordi in Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy |
| Type | Opera |
| Spoken language | Italian |
| Instruments |
Orchestra
Male Chorus Voice (Soprano) - Adina, a slave-girl Voice (Tenor) - Selimo, her former lover Voice (Bass) - The Caliph, the unknown father of Adina Voice (Bass) - Ali, a young Arab Voice (Bass) - Mustafa, gardener of the seraglio |
| Autotranslations beta |
Gioachino Rossini: Adina Gioachino Rossini: Adina Gioachino Rossini: Adina |