La vera costanza (Anfossi)

La vera costanza ("True Constancy"), is an operatic dramma giocoso in three acts by Pasquale Anfossi. The comédie larmoyante-influenced Italian libretto was by Francesco Puttini. The opera preceded Joseph Haydn's better known setting of the same libretto by three years.

Performance history

The work was first performed on 2 January 1776 at the Teatro delle Dame, Rome. It was successful and performed widely throughout Europe during the following two decades.

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 2 January 1776
(Conductor: – )
Count Errico, secret husband of Rosina tenor
Rosina, a fisherwoman abandoned by Errico soprano
Marquis Ernesto, friend of Errico tenor
Baroness Irene, Count Errico's aunt who wishes to marry Ernesto soprano
Villotto, a foolish gentleman, would-be suitor for Rosina bass

Synopsis

See synopsis of the Haydn opera.

See also

Sources

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