''Gli equivoci'' (''The Misunderstandings''), is an Italian

opera buffa ''Opera buffa'' (; "comic opera", plural: ''opere buffe'') is a genre of opera. It was first used as an informal description of Italian comic operas variously classified by their authors as ''commedia in musica'', ''commedia per musica'', ''dramm ...

Stephen Storace Stephen John Seymour Storace (4 April 1762 – 19 March 1796) was an English composer of the Classical era, known primarily for his operas. His sister was the famous opera singer Nancy Storace. He was born in London in the Parish of St Maryleb ...

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Lorenzo Da Ponte Lorenzo Da Ponte (; 10 March 174917 August 1838) was an Italian, later American, opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest. He wrote the libretti for 28 operas by 11 composers, including three of Mozart's most celebrated operas: ''The Marr ...

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Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...

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The Comedy of Errors ''The Comedy of Errors'' is one of William Shakespeare's early plays. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play. ...

''. Following the success of his libretto for '' The Marriage of Figaro'', Da Ponte was asked by Storace to provide for him a libretto based on Shakespeare. Da Ponte compressed Shakespeare's plot into two acts, but retained nearly all the key elements. ''Gli equivoci'' was the second of Storace's operas to be performed at the Burgtheater. Storace composed the opera following the success of his opera '' Gli sposi malcontenti'' in the previous year. Storace reused some of the music of ''Gli equivoci'' in his English operas, including '' No Song, No Supper'' and '' The Pirates''.

Performance history

The opera was first performed on 27 December 1786 in the Burgtheater, Vienna.

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Stephen Storace: ''The Comedy of Errors'' (''Gli equivoci'')
performance details (2000, 2001), synopsis, Bampton Classical Opera {{DEFAULTSORT:Equivoci, Gli Operas Operas by Stephen Storace Opera world premieres at the Burgtheater Opera buffa 1786 operas Italian-language operas Operas based on works by William Shakespeare Works based on The Comedy of Errors