La buona figliuola

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La Cecchina, ossia La buona figliuola (Cecchina, or The Good-Natured Girl) is an opera buffa by Niccolò Piccinni, first performed at the Teatro delle Dame, Rome on 6 February 1760. The libretto, by Carlo Goldoni, is based on Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela. This was Piccinni's most successful Italian opera.

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  • Viking Opera Guide ed. Holden (Viking, 1993)