- La finta semplice
"La finta semplice" ("The Pretended Simpleton"), K. 51 (46a) is an
opera buffa in three acts for soloists and orchestra, composed in1769 by then 13-year-oldWolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by the court poetMarco Coltellini based on an early work byCarlo Goldoni . It was performed at the court of Palace of the Archbishop, Salzburg, 1 May 1769.Mozart composed the music using the model of comedy started by
Philippe Destouches with "La fausse Agnès, ou le Poète campagnard" (1734 ). The form of libretto includes the introduction, a duet and three finals.Roles
ynopsis
:Place: Cassandro's estate near Cremona:Time: mid-18th century
Noted arias
* "Chi mi vuol bene" - Ninetta in Act I
* "Colla bocca e non col core" - Rosina in Act I
* "Cosa ha mai la donna indosso" - Polidoro in Act I
* "Ella vuole ed io torrei" - Cassandro in Act I
* "Guarda la donna in viso" - Fracasso in Act I
* "Non c'è al mondo" - Cassandro in Act I
* "Marito io vorrei" - Giacinta in Act I
* "Senti l'eco ove t'aggiri" - Rosina in Act I
* "Troppa briga a prender moglie" - Simone in Act I
* "Con certe persone" - Simone in Act II
* "Ho sentito a dir di tutte" - Rosina in Act II
* "In voi belle è leggiadria" - Fracasso in Act II
* "Sposa cara" - Polidoro in Act II
* "Ubriaco non son io" - Cassandro in Act II
* "Un marito, donne care" - Ninetta in Act II
* "Se a maritarmi arrivo" - Giacinta in Act II
* "Amoretti che ascosi" - Rosina in Act II
* "Che scompiglio" - Giacinta in Act III
* "Nelle guerre d'amore" - Fracasso in Act III
* "Sono in amore" - Ninetta in Act III
* "Vieni, vieni, o mia Ninetta" - Simone in Act IIISelected recordings
* W.A. Mozart: "La Finta Semplice", "Orfeo", 85843
* W.A. Mozart: "La Finta Semplice", "Brillant" alias "Joan Records", BC 99726 (on 5 CDs)
* W.A. Mozart: "La Finta Semplice", "Philips", 422528-2
* W.A. Mozart: "La Finta Semplice", "DGG", 073 4251 (DVD video)See also
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List of Mozart's operas External links
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* [http://www.mozartproject.org/compositions/k__51__.html An opera buffa in three acts]
* [http://opera.stanford.edu/Mozart/FintaSemplice/ The Pretended Simpleton]
* [http://opera.maldura.unipd.it/goldoni/libretti/semplice1.jsp Libretto of "La finta semplice"]
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