First performance 2 January 1776 Language Italian | Composer Pasquale Anfossi | |
Similar L'avaro, Il curioso indiscreto, La falsa jardinera | ||
La vera costanza ("True Constancy"), is an operatic dramma giocoso in three acts by Pasquale Anfossi. The comédie larmoyante-influenced Italian libretto was by Francesco Puttini. The opera preceded Joseph Haydn's better known setting of the same libretto by three years.
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Performance history
The work was first performed on 2 January 1776 at the Teatro delle Dame, Rome. It was successful and performed widely throughout Europe during the following two decades.
Synopsis
See synopsis of the Haydn opera.References
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