The Thieving Magpie: Overture by Gioachino Rossini
Rossini completed his opera ‘The Thieving Magpie’ in 1817, with the premiere performance being given in May the same year at La Scala Theatre in Milan. The opera is based on the play ‘La Pie voleuse’ by French playwright Jean-Marie-Théodore Baudouin and Louis-Charles Caigniez.