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Amor ingegnoso

Music by Simon Mayr · libretto by Caterino Mazzolà · premiered 1798 · at Teatro San Benedetto

Amor ingegnoso is a 1798 farsa by Simon Mayr to a libretto by Caterino Mazzolà, the librettist of Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito. 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.

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About the Composer

Simon Mayr is the composer of record for this opera.

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