Libretto by Yuri Dimitrin after Giovanni Bertati
(6 characters & 24 musicians)
Staged by Tatiana Karpacheva
Premiere: 20 June 1991; revived 25 May 1997

A witty masterpiece of 18th century Italian opera, the fascinating intrigue opens to beautiful ariosos and choruses. All the characters in the opera are drawn with the pen of true genius. The intoxicating aroma of musical Italy, mirth, irony and parody… But even in the comic-buffa atmosphere of the action there are "islands" of true lyricism.