La finta pazza | |
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Opera by Francesco Sacrati | |
![]() Tile page of the libretto printed in 1644 | |
Translation | The feigned madwoman |
Librettist | Giulio Strozzi |
Language | Italian |
Premiere | 1641 (Carnival season)Teatro Novissimo, Venice |
La finta pazza (The feigned madwoman) is an opera composed by Francesco Sacrati to a libretto by Giulio Strozzi. Its premiere in Venice during the Carnival season of 1641 inaugurated the Teatro Novissimo. It became one of the most popular operas of the seventeenth century.