Amor ingegnoso is a 1798 farsa by Simon Mayr to a libretto by Caterino Mazzolà, the librettist of Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito.[1] The plot concerns a girl, thought to have died, who pretends to be a ghost to misdirect her former fiancé, in order to marry the man she really loves.
Recordings edit
- Amor ingegnoso - Filippo Morace (Osmarino), Gabriella Locatelli Serio (Fiammetta), Elena Rossi (Irene), Sonia Lubrini (Lisetta), Gabriele Sagona (Il Barone), Livio Scarpellini (Orosmondo), Annamaria Pennisi (Adelaide), Luigi Barilone (Maghinardo) Orchestra of the Bergamo Music Festival, PierAngelo Pelucchi. recorded live 2010 Bongiovanni, libretto in Italian and English, GB2456 1CD
References edit
- ^ Amanda Holden The New Penguin Opera Guide 2001 p. 557 0140514759 "Amor ingegnoso, 1798"