L'honestà negli amori

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L'honestà negli amori
Opera by Alessandro Scarlatti
Alessandro Scarlatti 2.jpg
The composer as a young man
LibrettistD F Bernini or Domenico Filippo Contini
LanguageItalian
Premiere
3 February 1680 (1680-02-03)
Teatro di Palazzo Bernini, Rome

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 in Rome on 3 February 1680.[1] The opera was performed again in 1682 in Acquaviva delle Fonti at the Palazzo De Mari with Acquaviva laureata a serenata composed by Giovanni Cesare Netti.[2]

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

References[]

  1. ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "L'honestà negli amori, 3 February 1680". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  2. ^ Giovanni Tribuzio, «Scrinium musicalis puteanensis»: catalogo e analisi della produzione musicale di Giovanni Cesare Netti (1646-1686), in G. Ciliberti, La musica ricercata. Studi d'una nuova generazione di musicologi pugliesi, Bari, Florestano Edizioni, 2016.
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