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The opera proved to be one of
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Domenico and
Gerolamo Mauri were cousins, members of a distinguished family of set designers who collaborated on numerous productions in Venetian theatres in the 17th and 18th centuries. See Casellato, Lucia (2008).
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voice type. Like his brother Paolo, Stefano
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in Paris in 1787 and was later performed in
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in Venice in the autumn season of 1775 and was subsequently performed throughout Italy and in other
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A Chronology of Music in the
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Choron, Alexandre; Fayolle, François Joseph Marie (1810).
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La musique à Venise et l'imaginaire français des Lumières
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Melodramma, spettacolo e musica nella
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635:La musica italiana nel Settecento
443:Complete list of Anfossi's operas
325:a young and spirited peasant girl
132:Anfossi was a prolific composer.
805:Operas based on works by Molière
702:Bibliothèque nationale de France
675:Università degli Studi di Padova
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92:("The Miser"), is an opera (
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583:Loewenberg, Alfred (1978).
302:Premiere cast, Autumn 1775
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790:Operas by Pasquale Anfossi
633:Zanetti, Roberto (1978).
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246:La finta giardiniera
242:Teatro della Pergola
232:("The Two Misers"),
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371:Felicino,
298:Voice type
283:, Naples.
49:Librettist
714:baritenor
399:Tortora,
323:Laurina,
307:Orgasmo,
234:Frankfurt
226:Brunswick
117:The Miser
29:Opera by
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79:, Venice
59:Premiere
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