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Il curioso indiscreto

Music by Pasquale Anfossi · libretto by Giovanni Bertati · premiered 1777 · at Teatro delle Dame

Il curioso indiscreto ("The Imprudent Curious Man"), is an opera (dramma giocoso) in three acts composed by Pasquale Anfossi. The libretto is based on an episode from the 17th-century Spanish novel Don Quixote. The librettist is not known for sure but is thought to be either Giovanni Bertati or Giuseppe Petrosellini. The opera premiered at the Teatro delle Dame in Rome during the Carnival season of 1777.

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Pasquale Anfossi is the composer of record for this opera.

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