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''La vera costanza'' ("True Constancy"), is an
opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libre ...
tic
dramma giocoso ''Dramma giocoso'' (Italian, literally: drama with jokes; plural: ''drammi giocosi'') is a genre of opera common in the mid-18th century. The term is a contraction of ''dramma giocoso per musica'' and describes the opera's libretto (text). The g ...
in three acts by
Pasquale Anfossi Pasquale Anfossi (5 April 1727 – February 1797) was an Italian opera composer. Born in Taggia, Liguria, he studied with Niccolò Piccinni and Antonio Sacchini, and worked mainly in London, Venice and Rome. He wrote more than 80 operas, both '' ...
. The
comédie larmoyante Comédie larmoyante () was a genre of French drama of the 18th century. In this type of sentimental comedy, the impending tragedy was resolved at the end, amid reconciliations and floods of tears. Plays of this genre that ended unhappily neve ...
-influenced
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libretto was by Francesco Puttini. The opera preceded
Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions to musical form have le ...
's better known setting of the same libretto by three years.


Performance history

The work was first performed on 2 January 1776 at the
Teatro delle Dame The Teatro delle Dame, also known as the Teatro Alibert (its original name), was a theatre in Rome built in 1718 and located on what is now the corner of Via D'Alibert and Via Margutta. In the course of its history it underwent a series of reconstr ...
, Rome. It was successful and performed widely throughout Europe during the following two decades.


Roles


Synopsis

:See synopsis of the Haydn opera.


See also

*Anfossi's operas '' L'avaro'' and ''
Il curioso indiscreto ''Il curioso indiscreto'' ("The Imprudent Curious Man"), is an opera (''dramma giocoso'') in three acts composed by Pasquale Anfossi. The libretto is based on an episode from the 17th-century Spanish novel '' Don Quixote''. The librettist is not ...
'' * Complete list of Anfossi's operas


Sources

*Hunter, Mary (1992), 'Vera costanza, La (i)' in ''The
New Grove Dictionary of Opera ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'' is an encyclopedia of opera, considered to be one of the best general reference sources on the subject. It is the largest work on opera in English, and in its printed form, amounts to 5,448 pages in four volu ...
'', ed. Stanley Sadie (London) {{DEFAULTSORT:Vera costanza, La Operas Drammi giocosi Italian-language operas 1776 operas Operas by Pasquale Anfossi