Opera in the Repertoire · Classical
La vera costanza
Music by Joseph Haydn · libretto by Francesco Puttini · premiered 1779 · at Eszterházy Palace
La vera costanza (True Constancy), Hob. 28/8, is an operatic dramma giocoso by Joseph Haydn. The Italian libretto was a shortened version of the one by Francesco Puttini set by Pasquale Anfossi for the opera of the same name given in Rome in 1776. The story explores the troubles of a sentimental heroine abandoned by a mad lover.
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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)
- La canterina (1760)
- Le pescatrici (1770)
- L'incontro improvviso (1775)
- L'isola disabitata (1779)
- La fedeltà premiata (1781)