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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

1680. "L'honesta negli amori" (Scarlatti). Aria: Gia il sole dal Gange (midi)

by Luigi Speranza for "Gli Operai" jlsperanza@aol.com

"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.

The opera's aria 'Già il sole dal Gange', as recorded by Luciano Pavarotti and others, has achieved some popularity.

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