La finta semplice (The Fake Innocent), K. 51 (46a) is an opera buffa in three acts for seven voices and orchestra, composed in 1768 by then 12-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Young Mozart and his father Leopold were spending the year in Vienna, where Leopold was trying to establish his son as an opera composer. He was acting on a suggested request from the Emperor Joseph II that the young boy should write an opera.
| Librettist | Marco Coltellini (Italian libretto by the Vienna court poet Marco Coltellini, which was based on an early work by Carlo Goldoni) |
| Date of composition | 1768 in Vienna, Austria |
| Premiered | 1769, May 1st (Archbishop's Palace) in Salzburg, Austria |
| Type | Opera Buffa |
| Catalogue | KV 51 (46a) |
| Spoken language | Italian |
| Instruments |
Voice
- Solo voices ;
Orchestra Voice (Tenor) - Fracasso, a Hungarian captain lodging with Cassandro Voice (Soprano) - Rosina, his sister, a baroness Voice (Bass) - Cassandro, a tyrannical misogynist Voice (Tenor) - Polidoro, his timid brother Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Giacinta, their sister, evidently no longer young Voice (Bass) - Simone, Fracasso's orderly, in love with Ninetta Voice (Soprano) - Ninetta, Giacinta's maid |
| Autotranslations beta |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La finta semplice, KV 51 (46a) "The Fake Innocent" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La finta semplice, KV 51 (46a) "The Fake Innocent" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La finta semplice, KV 51 (46a) "The Fake Innocent" |