Nina (opera)

Nina was first performed in a one-act version at the Teatro del Reale Sito di Belvedere in Caserta, San Leucio on 25 June 1789.

[1] The revised and familiar two-act work was presented at the Teatro dei Fiorentini in Naples in the autumn of 1790.

Act I As the opera opens, Nina, the Count’s daughter, has gone mad due to a broken heart.

We learn that she was to marry Lindoro, with her father’s approval, but on their wedding day a richer and more powerful suitor turned up, and the Count broke his word.

However, the dialogue of the episode explicitly references Nicolas Dalayrac's French language opera of the same name, year, and subject.