Finta giardiniera, La
Finta giardiniera, La (The Feigned Garden-Girl). Opera buffa in 3 acts (K196) by Mozart to lib. dubiously attrib. Petrosellini, written for Anfossi (1774), and altered by Coltellini. Comp. 1774. Prod. Munich 1775, NY 1927, London 1930. Anfossi's 3-act opera was prod. Rome 1774, London 1775 (as La marchesa giardiniera), and Frankfurt 1782.
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