Lo speziale prefigures Mozart. It opens with an aria complaining about an apprentice apothecary's job, much like Leporello's opening aria in Don Giovanni. The trouser role of Volpino reminds one of Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro and the young lovers' use of disguises will call Cosi fan tutte to mind.
Librettist | Carlo Goldoni |
Date of composition | 1768 |
Premiered | 1768 in Fert?d, Hungary |
Type | Opera Buffa |
Tonality | D Major |
Catalogue | Hob. XXVIII:3 |
Instruments |
Orchestra
Voice (Tenor) - Sempronio, an old apothecary Voice (Soprano) - Grilletta, Sempronio's ward Voice (Tenor) - Mengone, Sempronio's apprentice Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Volpino, a young rich dandy |
Autotranslations beta |
Joseph Haydn: Lo speziale - Opera buffa en ré majeur, Hob. XXVIII:3 "The Apothecary" Franz Joseph Haydn: Lo speziale - Opera buffa in re maggiore, Hob. XXVIII:3 "The Apothecary" Joseph Haydn: Lo speziale - Opera buffa D-dur, Hob. XXVIII:3 "The Apothecary" |