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 was performed again in 1682 in Acquaviva delle Fonti at the Palazzo De Mari with Acquaviva laureata a serenata composed by Giovanni Cesare Netti.[2] The opera has since been almost entirely forgotten, except as the source of the aria ‘Già il sola dal Gange’.
| L'honestà negli amori | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Alessandro Scarlatti | |
 The composer as a young man | |
| Librettist | D F Bernini or Domenico Filippo Contini |
| Language | Italian |
| Premiere | 3 February 1680 Teatro di Palazzo Bernini, Rome |
The opera's aria 'Già il sole dal Gange', as recorded by Cecilia Bartoli, Luciano Pavarotti and others, has achieved some popularity.
References edit
- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "L'honestà negli amori, 3 February 1680". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
- ^ Giovanni Tribuzio, «Scrinium musicalis puteanensis»: catalogo e analisi della produzione musicale di Giovanni Cesare Netti (1646-1686), in G. Ciliberti, La musica ricercata. Studi d'una nuova generazione di musicologi pugliesi, Bari, Florestano Edizioni, 2016.
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