Rosina is a 1782 comic opera by William Shield to an English-language libretto by Frances Brooke.
The opera was written in 1771/72 but first performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on 31 December 1782.
Such works were common at the time, although Rosina is the only one that has survived in the form of a complete score.
Rosina has many features associated with later English comic opera, and even modern musical comedy – including the use of English, spoken dialogue, lightness of theme, and the use of folk as well as popular melodies.
On 27 January 1808 the opening performance of the Sunderland Theatre featured The Cure for the Heart Ach and Rosina in a benefit performance for sailors from Tyne and Wear held prisoners of war in France.