L'honestà negli amori

L'honestà negli amori is a dramma per musica in 3 acts by composer Alessandro Scarlatti. Written in 1679-1680 when Scarlatti was 19 years old, it was his second opera. The opera uses an Italian language libretto that was written by either D F Bernini or Domenico Filippo Contini. The work premiered at the Teatro di Palazzo Bernini in Rome on 3 February 1680.^[1]

The opera's aria 'Già il sole dal Gange', as recorded by Luciano Pavarotti and others, has achieved some popularity.

References

1. Casaglia, Gherardo (2005).[http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco?r=&alm_giorno=03&alm_mese=02&alm_anno=1680&alm_testo=L'honest%E0_negli_amori "L'honestà negli amori, 3 February 1680"]. Almanacco Amadeus (Italian).