La gazza ladra the opera for subsequent productions in Pesaro; and then in 1819 for the Teatro del Fondo, in Naples, in 1820 for the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, and in 1866 revised the music for performance in Paris. The first performance of "The Thieving Magpie" in England was at the King's Theatre, London, on 10 March 1821. As the French-language "La pie voleuse", the opera's first performance in the United States was at the Théâtre d'Orléans, New Orleans, on 30 December 1828. In 1941, Riccardo Zandonai composed a version of "The Thieving Magpie" for a revival of the opera in Pesaro.
Academy of Music (New York City) role and Giuseppe Mario as Pollione headlining the performance under Max Maretzek's baton. The first season's repertoire was ambitious, and included "Semiramide" and "The Barber of Seville" by Rossini; "Norma" and "La Sonnambula" by Bellini; and "Don Pasquale", "Lucrezia Borgia", "La Favorita" and "Lucia di Lammermoor" by Donizetti. Maretzek's company performed an annual season at the Academy through 1878. His company was not the only group active at the opera house as the theater during this time. Musicologist George Whitney Martin writes: New York's Academy of Music, from 1854 to 1883 the city's leading house for opera, did not offer