La fedeltà premiata

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Operas by Joseph Haydn
Der krumme Teufel (1751) La canterina (1766) Lo speziale (1768) L'infedeltà delusa (1773) Il mondo della luna (1777) La vera costanza (1779) L'isola disabitata (1779) La fedeltà premiata (1781) Orlando paladino (1782) Armida (1784) L'anima del filosofo (1791)
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La fedeltà premiata (Fidelity Rewarded) is an opera in three acts by Joseph Haydn first performed at Eszterháza on 25 February 1781 to celebrate the reopening of the court theatre after a fire. It was revised for a new version first performed in 1782. The libretto was adapted by Haydn and an anonymous colleague from Giambattista's Lorenzi's L'infedeltà fedele, which had been set by Cimarosa in 1779. In its revised version, La fedeltà premiata is designated a dramma pastorale giocoso (a comic opera with pastoral elements).

[edit] Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, February 25, 1781 (Conductor: - )
Celia	soprano
Fileno	tenor
Amaranta	soprano
Count Perruchetto	bass
Nerina	soprano
Lindoro	tenor
Melibeo	bass
Diana	soprano

[edit] Sources

• The Viking Opera Guide ed. Holden (1993)