Domenico Cimarosa, Le trame deluse (1786)
Domenico Cimarosa's musical comedy "Le trame deluse", first performed in Naples in 1786, enjoyed great success throughout Europe and was translated into numerous languages. No less a figure than Johann Wolfgang von Goethe adapted the opera in order to stage it at Weimar. Rossini regarded it as more significant than "Il matrimonio segreto", Cimarosa's most famous work. Set in 18th-century Naples, the turbulent plot involving deception, disguise and a sophisticated game of intrigue unfolds in a wealth of musically brilliant ensemble scenes. The finale of the second act, in particular, was already considered by contemporaries to be an extraordinary masterpiece of opera buffa. The present publication is the first critical edition of the score, based on Cimarosa's autograph manuscript of the Neapolitan premiere and numerous historical copies from Europe and North America. It makes this important opera accessible again – and is an invitation to rediscover Cimarosa beyond his most famous success.
18: Domenico Cimarosa, Le trame deluse (1786), critical edition ed. by Arnold Jacobshagen/Michael Weiger, Kassel et al.: Bärenreiter 2025 (LXIX , 605 pp.), ISBN 979-0-006-57795-8.
