| L’occasione fa il ladro | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Gioachino Rossini | |
 Portrait of the composer | |
| Translation | Opportunity Makes a Thief |
| Librettist | Luigi Prividali |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Eugène Scribe's Le prétendu par hasard, ou L’occasion fait le larron |
| Premiere | 24 November 1812 Teatro San Moisè, Venice |
L’occasione fa il ladro, ossia Il cambio della valigia (English: 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.[1]
- ^ Magasin encyclopédique, ou Journal des sciences, des lettres et des arts. Rédigé par Aubin-Louis Millin de Grandmaison. Année 1810. Tome I. Paris. p. 209 books.google