L'honestà negli amori by Alessandro Scarlatti

L'honestà negli amori, is a dramma per musica in 3 acts by composer Alessandro Scarlatti. The opera is also known by its English title, Honesty in Love Affairs. Written in 1680, when Scarlatti was 19 years old, it was his second opera. The opera uses an Italian language libretto that was written by either Gian Lorenzo Bernini, D. F. Bernini, or Domenico Filippo Contini, under the pen name "Felice Parnasso". The work premiered at the Teatro di Palazzo Bernini, the palace of Giovanni Bernini, in Rome on 3 February 1680. The opera was performed again in 1682 in Acquaviva delle Fonti at the Palazzo De Mari with Acquaviva laureata, a serenata composed by Giovanni Cesare Netti. Though the opera is obscure today, its aria "Già il sole dal Gange" (The Sun from the Orient), has achieved some popularity. The aria has been recorded by several notable opera singers, including Cecilia Bartoli and Luciano Pavarotti. In the opera, the song is sung by the character of Saldino, a page boy, who is admiring the sunrise in Algeria.

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About the Composer

Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti (2 May 1660 – 22 October 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer, known especially for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the most important representative of the Neapolitan School of opera. Nicknamed by his contemporaries "the Italian Orpheus", he divided his career between Naples and Rome; a significant part of his works was composed for the papal city. He is often considered the founder of the Neapolitan School, although he has only been its most illustrious representative: his contribution, his originality and his influence were essential, as well as lasting, both in Italy and in Europe. Particularly known for his operas, he brought the…

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