Le pescatrici | |
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dramma giocoso by Joseph Haydn | |
Translation | The Fisherwomen |
Librettist | Carlo Goldoni |
Language | Italian |
Premiere | 16 September 1770 |
Le pescatrici (The Fisherwomen) Hob. 28/4, is an opera (dramma giocoso) in three acts by Joseph Haydn set to a libretto by Carlo Goldoni. Originally composed as part of the wedding celebrations of Maria Theresa Countess Lamberg, the opera was first performed on 16 September 1770 in the court theatre at Eszterháza.