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overture to an opera that defines the term "dramatic irony." The title of the

opera is basically the plot resolution. Everybody wonders who stole the silver

throughout most of the duration of the opera, and the title of the opera is "The

Thieving Magpie." It was the bird, of course, but nobody on stage knows.

Gioachino Rossini's "Thieving Magpie" overture, performed here by the Cincinnati