Il mondo della luna (Galuppi)
Il mondo della luna is an opera in 3 acts by Baldassare Galuppi. The Italian-language libretto was by Carlo Goldoni. It premiered on 29 January 1750 at the Teatro San Moisè, Venice.
The music has been described as "clear, with expressivity obtained through melodic and textural changes." Galuppi's music exploits "the capacity of the music to illustrate and portray the text," with special attention for Buonafede, credulous old man who is the central character of the plot.
The opera by Galuppi is the first based on Goldoni's libretto. The same libretto was later also set by several other composers, such as Pedro António Avondano, Giovanni Paisiello , Gennaro Astarita, Joseph Haydn, , and Marcos Portugal. Paisiello composed four different versions of operas based on this libretto.Roles
Synopsis
See synopsis in Haydn's Il mondo della luna.Recordings
