L'honestà negli amori

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 Teatro di Palazzo Bernini in Rome on 3 February 1680.[1]

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

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