| La gazzetta | |
|---|---|
| Opera buffa by Gioachino Rossini | |
 Title page of the libretto, Naples, 1816 | |
| Librettist | Giuseppe Palomba |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Carlo Goldoni's Il matrimonio per concorso |
| Premiere | 24 September 1816 Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples |
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".[1]
- ^ "La Gazzetta: Italian Romanic Comedy". New England Conservatory. 29 January 2013. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.