La canterina
Music by Joseph Haydn · at Eszterházy Palace
La canterina (The Songstress or The Diva), Hob. XXVIII/2, is a short, two-act opera buffa by Joseph Haydn, the first one he wrote for Prince Esterhazy. Based on the intermezzo from the third act of Niccolò Piccinni's opera L'Origille (1760), it lasts about 50 minutes. It was written in 1766, and was premiered in the summer of that year. It was originally intended as a pair of intermezzi, each of the two acts coming between the acts of an opera seria. Similar works include La serva padrona by Pergolesi and Pimpinone by Telemann.
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About the Composer
Joseph Haydn is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Joseph Haydn
- L'infedeltà delusa
- Il mondo della luna (1750)
- Der krumme Teufel (1751)
- Le pescatrici (1770)
- L'incontro improvviso (1775)
- La vera costanza (1776)
- L'isola disabitata (1779)
- La fedeltà premiata (1781)