Credits:

Jose Miguel Perez-Sierra

Description:

Gamberotto, a wealthy landowner, and his daughter, Ernestina. She falls in love with a poor young man named Ermanno, but Gamberotto is plotting to marry her off to the fabulously wealthy Bralicchino. Determined to prevent this, Ermanno tells Braccichino a lie: Actually, Ernestina isnt a womanshes a castrated man who deserted the army. Because of this, she is arrested. Gamberotto, her father, is enraged when he sees Bralicchino remain unperturbed even as Ernestina is arrested right before his eyes; while the commotion rages on, Ermanno sets out to rescue Ernestina. So, how will this turmoil unfold? …*The Terrible Misunderstanding*, composed by Rossini at the age of 19 and his second opera buffa, was banned by the authorities despite its favorable reception at its 1811 premiere in Bologna. Although it was revived just once in 1825, it remained a phantom work that was not performed a