Il burbero di buon cuore
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Il burbero di buon cuore is an opera dramma giocoso in two acts by Vicente Martín y Soler. The Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte is based on the French comedy Le bourru bienfaisant by Carlo Goldoni
Vicente Martín y Soler
La capricciosa corretta
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La capricciosa corretta is a comic opera in two acts composed by Vicente Martín y Soler. The libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte is based on the comedy La moglie in calzoni from 1728 by Jacopo Angelo Nelli.
Lorenzo Da Ponte in old age (detail from a portrait attributed to Samuel Morse)
Anna Morichelli who created the role of Ciprigna, the "capricious woman" of the opera's title
Cover of the score for Ciprigna's Act 1 aria "Guardami un poco da capo a piedi" (Look at me a bit from head to toe), published in Naples c. 1798