| L'incontro improvviso | |
|---|---|
| dramma giocoso by Joseph Haydn | |
 Portrait of the composer by Thomas Hardy, in 1791 | |
| Translation | The unexpected encounter |
| Librettist | Karl Frieberth |
| Language | Italian |
| Premiere | 29 August 1775 |
L’incontro improvviso (The unexpected encounter) (Hob. XXVIII:6) is an opera in three acts by Joseph Haydn first performed at Eszterháza on 29 August 1775 to mark the four-day visit of Archduke Ferdinand, Habsburg governor of Milan, and his consort Maria Beatrice d'Este. The opera is designated a dramma giocoso (a comic opera) and is an example of the then Austrian fascination with Turkish subjects. [1]
- ^ Clark C. L'incontro improvviso. In: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera ed Sadie S. London & New York, Macmillan, 1997.