La finta semplice, K.51/46a (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)

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4 more: Act 2, Scenes 1-6 • Act 2, Scenes 7-13 • Act 3, Scenes 1-2 • Act 3, Scenes 3-6

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1768.
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8 more: Contents • Sinfonia • Act 1, Scenes 1–4 • Act 1, Scenes 5–9 • Act 2, Scenes 1–6 • Act 2, Scenes 7–13 • Act 3 • Anhang

Editor Series V editors (exact editor not specified) [more...]
Julius Rietz, Paul Waldersee, Victor Wilder
Franz Wüllner

First edition?
Publisher. Info. Mozarts Werke, Serie V:
Opern, Bd.2, No.4
(pp.fm, 1-248)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1882. Plate W.A.M. 51.
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Editor Series V editors (exact editor not specified) [more...]
Julius Rietz, Paul Waldersee, Victor Wilder
Franz Wüllner
Publisher. Info. Mozarts Werke, Serie V:
Opern, Bd.12, No.4
(pp.fm, 1-11)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1882. Plate W.A.M. 51.
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Arranger Bernhard Paumgartner (1887–1971), piano reduction
Translator Bernhard Paumgartner (1887–1971), German text
Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, 1955. Plate 128929.
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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Salzburg: Stamp. di Corte, n.d.(1769).
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Misc. Notes F-Pn, YD-1316
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Work Title La finta semplice
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Притворная простушка (опера); Udana naiwność (KV 51); A színlelt együgyű; La Falsa Naivulino; Удавана простачка; [3 more...]התמימה המזויפת; Teeseldud lihtsameelsus; Η ψευτοανόητη
Name Aliases La Finta Semplice; La Fausse Ingénue; A Falsa Simples; K 51; KV 51; [18 more...]Kv 46a; Rzekoma naiwność; Udana naiwność; Udana Naiwność (KV 51); Buenos Airesin blondi; Buenos Airesin Blondi; KV 46a; La ingenua fingida; La crédula fingida; La credula fingida; The Pretended Simpleton; K. 51/46a; Die vorgeblich Einfältige; Die verstellte Einfalt; Die Einfältige aus Klugheit; KV 51/46a; Das schlaue Mädchen; Die schlaue Heuchlerin
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 185693872; LCCN: no96033785; GND: 300108222; BNF: 139151971
Composer Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. K.51 ; K⁶.46a
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IWM 188
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's sinfonia, 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1768 (between April and July) in Vienna
First Performance. 1769-05-01 in Salzburg, Archbishop's Palace
First Publication. 1882?
Librettist Marco Coltellini (1719–1777) and (after?) Carlo Goldoni (1707–1793)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation voices, orchestra [more...]
Cast
Fracasso, a Hungarian captain lodging with Cassandro (tenor)
Rosina, Francasso's sister, a baroness (soprano)
Cassandro, a tyrannical misogynist (bass)
Polidoro, Francasso's timid brother (tenor)
Giacinta, their sister, evidently no longer young (mezzo-soprano)
Simone, Fracasso's orderly, in love with Ninetta (bass)
Ninetta, Giacinta's maid (soprano)
Orchestra
2 flutes, 2 oboes (both also English horn), 2 bassoons
2 horns (both also Corni di caccia), strings, continuo (harpsichord)
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