A beautiful girl Rosina lives In Rome. Her husband is strong as a bull and jealous as Shakespeare's Othello. Once the husband of Rosina kills a wealthy aristocrat, who sang the serenade to his wife, and now he is hiding from justice.

Rugantino
Rosetta
Principe NiccolΓ² Capitelli
Donna Marta Capitelli
Il Principe
Cardinale Severini
Michele Sacconi
Gnecco
innkeeper
A Rugantino's friend
Mastro Titta
A noblewoman