La vera costanza
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La vera costanza ("True Constancy") is an operatic dramma giocoso by Joseph Haydn. The Italian libretto was a shortened version of the one by Francesco Puttini set by Pasquale Anfossi for the opera of the same name given in 1776.
[edit] Performance history
The work was written for the Eszterházy court and first performed on 25 April 1779. It was revived there in April 1785 when Haydn apparently had to re-create much of the opera from memory, the original having been largely lost. It was given in Bratislava, Budapest, Vienna and Brno between 1786 and 1792 under the title Der flatterhafte Liebhaber. In Paris in 1791, it was performed as Laurette.
[edit] Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, April 25, 1779 (Conductor: - ) |
|---|---|---|
| Count Errico, secret husband of Rosina | tenor | Andrea Totti |
| Rosina, a fisherwoman | soprano | Barbara Ripamonti |
| Baroness Irene, Count Errico's aunt | soprano | Catharina Poschva |
| Lisetta, the baroness's maid | soprano | Marianna Zannini |
| Marquis Ernesto, friend of Errico | tenor | Vito Ungricht |
| Masino, Rosina's brother | tenor | Leopold Dichtler |
| Villotto, a wealthy gentleman | bass | Benedetto Bianchi |
[edit] Sources
- Clark, Caryl (1992), 'Vera costanza, La' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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