La vera costanza

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.

La vera costanza
dramma giocoso by Joseph Haydn
Portrait of the composer by Thomas Hardy, in 1791
TranslationTrue Constancy
LibrettistFrancesco Puttini
LanguageItalian
Premiere
25 April 1779 (1779-04-25)
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