First performance 14 September 1782 Language Italian | ||
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Similar Giulio Sabino, Una cosa rara, La scuola de' gelosi, La grotta di Trofonio, Aquiles en Esciro | ||
Giuseppe sarti fra i due litiganti il terzo gode opera sinfonia
Fra i due litiganti il terzo gode ("While Two Dispute, the Third Enjoys") is a dramma giocoso in two acts by Giuseppe Sarti. The libretto was after Carlo Goldoni's Le nozze (The Marriage).
Contents
- Giuseppe sarti fra i due litiganti il terzo gode opera sinfonia
- Teatro comunale di bologna giuseppe sarti fra i due litiganti il terzo gode
- Performance history
- Synopsis
- References
One aria from this opera, Come un agnello, is famously quoted by Mozart at the end of Don Giovanni.
Teatro comunale di bologna giuseppe sarti fra i due litiganti il terzo gode
Performance history
It was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 14 September 1782. It became very successful, being produced under different names, in different languages, and in numerous European cities. For instance, it was performed as Le nozze di Dorina, with inserted arias by Giovanni Battista Viotti, for the opening of the Théâtre de Monsieur in Paris on 6 January 1791. The work also accumulated music composed by Pasquale Anfossi, Antonio Salieri, and Stephen Storace in addition to the composer himself.
Synopsis
The opera has a story similar to Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro involving complex intrigues between a pair of jealous, quarrelling aristocrats and their servants.