La gazza ladra is a melodramma or opera semiseria in two acts by Gioachino Rossini, with a libretto by Giovanni Gherardini based on La pie voleuse by Jean-Marie-Theodor Badouin d'Aubigny and Louis-Charles Caigniez.

The opera is best known for its overture, which is notable for its use of snare drums.

Rossini was famous for his writing speed, and La gazza ladra was no exception. It was reported that the producer had to lock Rossini in a room the day before the first performance to write the overture. Rossini then threw each sheet out of the window to his copyists, who wrote out the full orchestral parts.

It was first performed on 31 May 1817 at La Scala, Milan. It was revised by Rossini for subsequent productions in Pesaro in 1818, and for the Teatro del Fondo (Naples) in 1819 and the Teatro di San Carlo (Naples) in 1820. He again worked on the music in Paris in 1866.

The opera was first performed in England at the King's Theatre in London on 10 March 1820, and in the United States at the Théâtre d'Orléans in New Orleans (in French as La pie voleuse) on 30 December 1828.

Riccardo Zandonai made his own version of the opera for a revival in Pesaro in 1941. Alberto Zedda edited Rossini's original work for publication by the Fondazione Rossini in 1979. The opera was performed, in English translation, by New York City's Bronx Opera in January 2013.