Gasparone

About the show

In Syracuse, Mayor Nasoni hopes his son Sindulfo will marry wealthy Countess Carlotta so he can use her fortune to pay his debts. Carlotta loves nobleman Erminio, while innkeeper Benozzo uses the invented bandit Gasparone to cover his smuggling. With help from his wife, Benozzo stages pranks, a kidnapping, and a fake ransom to foil the mayor’s plan. The mayor and the countess’s duenna marry, as do Carlotta and Erminio; Benozzo receives money to repay his mortgage and end the smuggling.