The opera Aladdin and the Magic Lamp by Nino Rota consists of three acts and 11 paintings, and was composed between 1963-1965 and premiered at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples on January 13, 1968.

The places where the story takes place are: the Al-Quàlas market, Aladdin's house, a desolate road, the famous grotto where Aladdin must enter, gardens in the light of the moon, the King's palace, the enchanted palace from Aladdin.

When the opera was premiered, Nino Rota, the composer, had very good reviews from the press that praised his inventiveness and his mature musical experience considering his opera as his “Magic Flute” (alluding to the great opera of the German composer W. A. Mozart ).

Aladdin is part of what are called wonderful stories or fairy tales that come from oral tradition. In them, the scenarios, characters and situations are an expression of a psychodrama that responds to a deep need of the human being. When listening to a story like this, its content acts symbolically on our psyche and suggests the need to reach a higher stage of identity, an internal renewal that allows us to mature and strengthen our mechanisms to achieve self-realization.

“...Saggio è il mortale che alla grotta scenderà”

This phrase is sung at the beginning of the opera and symbolizes the challenge that must be faced by those who are willing to fight for their desires: Aladdin is a classic example of self-improvement and bravery and responds to what is called “the path of the hero.”