L'equivoco stravagante (Italian pronunciation: [leˈkwiːvoko stravaˈɡante]; The Curious Misunderstanding) is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Gaetano Gasbarri.

L'equivoco stravagante was first performed at the Teatro del Corso, Bologna, on 26 October 1811.

It was only performed three times before the police closed the production down, possibly because the text touched on the subject of army desertion.

Ermanno's scheming results in Ernestina being arrested on suspicion of having deserted from the army (and really being a man in disguise), but he rescues her, and all ends happily.

Silvia Vajente, Carlo Morini, Luciano Miotto, Vito Martino, Daniele Maniscalchi (Recorded October 2001) Notes Sources