The following is a list of works by Venetian playwright and librettist

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(1707–1793).

Tragedies

* ''Amalasunta'', burned by Goldoni after its premiere (1733) * ''Belisario'' (1734) * ''Rosmonda'' (1734) * '' Griselda'' (1734) * ''Enrico re di Sicilia'' (1736) * ''Gli amori di Alessandro Magno'' (1759) * ''Enea nel Lazio'' (1760) * ''Nerone'' (1760) * ''Artemisia'' (never performed)

Tragicomedies

*''Belisario'' (1734) *''Don Giovanni Tenorio'' o sia ''Il dissoluto'', "The Dissolute" (1735) *''Rinaldo di Montalbano'' (1736) *''Giustino'' (17??) *''La sposa persiana'', "The

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n Wife", in verse (1753) *''Ircana in Julfa'', "Ircana in

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" (17??) *''Ircana in Ispaan'', "Ircana in

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" (17??) *''La peruviana'', "The

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vian Woman" (17??) *''La bella selvaggia'', "The Savage Beauty" (17??) *''La dalmatina'', "The

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n Woman" (1758) *''Gli amori di Alessandro Magno'', "The Loves of

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" (17??) *''Artemisia'', "Artemisia" (17??) *''Enea nel Lazio'', "

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" (17??) *''Zoroastro'', "

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" (17??) *''La bella giorgiana'', "The

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Beauty" (1761)

Comedies

*''Un curioso accidente'', "A Curious Mishap" (1760) *''L'uomo di mondo'', "The Man of the World" (17??) *''Il prodigo'', "The Prodigal Man" (17??) *''Il Momolo cortesan'', partly written, partly improvised (1738), "Momolo the Court Man" *''Il mercante fallito'' o sia ''La bancarotta'', "The Bankrupted Merchant" or "The Bankruptcy" (1741) *''La donna di garbo'' (1743), "The Fashionable Woman" *''

Il servitore di due padroni ''The Servant of Two Masters'' ( it, Il servitore di due padroni, links=no) is a comedy by the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni written in 1746. Goldoni originally wrote the play at the request of actor Antonio Sacco, one of the great Harlequins ...

'', (1745) "The Servant of Two Masters" (now often retitled ''Arlecchino servitore di due padroni'' "Harlequin Servant of two Masters") *''Il frappatore'' (17??)"The deceiver" *'' I due gemelli veneziani'', "The Two Venetian Twins" (1745

*''L'uomo prudente'', "The Prudent Man" (17??) *''La vedova scaltra'', "The Shrewd Widow" (1748)''La vedova scaltra'' was used for operas by

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(as ''La donna di spirito'') in 1770,

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in 1774,

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in 1773,

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in 1780, and

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in 1931 (see ''

La vedova scaltra ''La vedova scaltra'' (English: ''The Cunning Widow'') is an updated opera-buffa in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to a text by Mario Ghisalberti, after Carlo Goldoni's original play (also called ''La vedova scaltra'') first given in 1748. ...

''). *''

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'', "The Honorable Maid" (1749) *''La buona moglie'', "The Good Wife" (1749) *'' Il cavaliere e la dama'', "The Gentleman and the Lady" (1749) *''L'avvocato veneziano'', "The Venetian Lawyer" (17??) *''Il padre di famiglia'', "The Father of the Family" (17??) *''

La famiglia dell'antiquario ''The Antiquarian's Family, or The Mother-in-law and the Daughter'' (''La famiglia dell'antiquario, ossia La suocera e la nuora'') is a comedy by Venetian author Carlo Goldoni, first published in 1749. Plot Introduction In the introduction, Gold ...

'', "The Antiquarian's Family" (1750) *''L'erede fortunata'', "The Lucky Heiress" (1750) *''

Il teatro comico ''Il teatro comico'' is a comedy play by Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni. It was written in 1750. The first of sixteen comedies, commissioned by Gerolamo Medebach early in 1750, the play represents an innovation in Goldoni's production. In the ...

'', "The Comical Theatre" (1750–1751) *''Le femmine puntigliose'', "The Obstinate Women" (1750–1751) *''La bottega del caffè'', "The Coffee Shop" (1750–1751) *'' Il bugiardo'', "The Liar" (1750–1751) *''L'adulatore'', "The Flatterer" (17??) *''Il poeta fanatico'', "The Fanatical Poet" (1750) *''La Pamela'', "Pamela" (17??) *''Il cavaliere di buon gusto'', "The Gentleman with Good Taste" (17??) *''Il giuocatore'', "The Gambler" (1750) *''

Il vero amico ''Il vero amico'' ("The True Friend") is a play by Carlo Goldoni written in 1750. It has been translated into English under the title ''The True Friend'' by Anna Cuffaro. The play is a comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discour ...

'', "The True Friend" (1750) translated by Anna Cuffaro *''La finta ammalata'', "The Fake Patient Woman" (1750–1751) *''La dama prudente'', "The Prudent Lady" (17??) *''L'incognita'', "The Unknown Woman" (17??) *''L'avventuriere onorato'', "The Honorable Scoundrel" (1750–1751) *''

I pettegolezzi delle donne ''I pettegolezzi delle donne'' is a comedy play by Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni. It was published in 1750. It was written about two Italian women sitting at a fountain and gossiping. Columbina, a maid, and Isobella, Pantalone Pantalone , ...

'', "Women's Gossip" (1750–1751) *'' La locandiera'', "The Mistress of the Inn" (1751) *''Il Molière'', "Molière" (17??) *''La castalda'' (17??)"The Female Administrator" *''L'amante militare'', "The Military Lover" (17??) *''Il tutore'', "The Guardian" (17??) *''La moglie saggia'', "The Wise Wife" (1752) *''

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'' "The Feudal Lord" (1752) *''Le donne gelose'', "The Jealous Women" (1752) *''La serva amorosa'', "The Loving Maid" (1752) *''I puntigli domestici'', "The Domestic Squabbles" (17??) *''La figlia obbediente'', "The Obedient Daughter" (17??) *''I mercatanti'', "The Merchants" (17??) *''Le donne curiose'', "The Curious Women" (1753) *''Il contrattempo'' o sia ''Il chiacchierone imprudente'', "The Unwelcome Event" or "The Careless Chatterbox" (17??) *''La donna vendicativa'', "The Vengeful Woman" (17??) *Opening sketch for the Teatro Comico di San Luca, 7 October 1753 *''Il geloso avaro'', "The Jealous Miser" (17??) *''La donna di testa debole'', "The Feebleminded Woman" (17??) *''La cameriera brillante'', "The Brilliant Maidservant" (17??) *''Il filosofo inglese'', "The English Philosopher" (17??) *''Il vecchio bizzarro'', "The Bizarre Old Man" (17??) *''Il festino'', "The Banquet" (17??) *''L'impostore'', "The Impostor" (17??) *Opening sketch for the Teatro Comico di San Luca, fall season 1754 *''La madre amorosa'', "The Loving Mother" (17??) *''Terenzio'', "Terentio" (17??) *''Torquato Tasso'', "

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" (17??) *''Il cavaliere giocondo'', "The Merry Gentleman" (17??) *''Le massere'' (1755)"The Servant Girls" *''I malcontenti'', "The Unsatisfied Men" (17??) *Opening sketch for the Teatro Comico di San Luca, fall season, 1755 *''La buona famiglia'', "The Good Family" (17??) *''Le donne de casa soa'', "The Women from His Own Home"(1755) *''La villeggiatura'', "The Vacation" (1761) *''La donna stravagante'', "The Extravagant Woman" (17??) *''Il campiello'' (1756) "The Little Square" *''L'avaro'', "The Miser" (17??) *''L'amante di se medesimo'', "The Lover of Himself" (17??) *''Il medico olandese'', "The Dutch Doctor" (17??) *''La donna sola'', "The Lone Woman" (17??) *''La pupilla'', "The Female Ward" (1734) *''Il cavaliere di spirito'' o sia ''La donna di testa debole'', "The Witty Gentleman" or "The Feebleminded Woman" (17??) *''La vedova spiritosa'', "The Witty Widow" (17??) *''Il padre per amore'', "The Father for Love" (17??) *''Lo spirito di contraddizione'', "The Spirit of Contradiction" (17??) *''Il ricco insidiato'', "The Sought After Rich man" (17??) *''Le morbinose'' *''Le donne di buon umore'', "The Good Humored Women" (17??) *''L'apatista'' o sia ''L'indifferente'', "The Apathic Man" or "The Indifferent Man" (17??) *''La donna bizzarra'', "The Bizarre Woman" (17??) *''La sposa sagace'', "The Clever Wife" (17??) *''La donna di governo'' (17??)"The Government Woman" *''La donna forte'', "The Strong Woman" (17??) *''I morbinosi'' (1759)? *''La scuola di ballo'', "The Dance School" (17??) *'' Gl'innamorati'', "The Lovers" (1759) *''Pamela maritata'', "Pamela Married" (17??) *''L'impresario delle Smirne'', "Director of the Opera at

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" (1759) *''La guerra'', "The War" (17??) *''

I rusteghi ''The Boors'', also known as ''The Cantankerous Men'' (Venetian: ''I rusteghi''), is a comedy by Carlo Goldoni. It was first performed at the San Luca theatre of Venice towards the end of the Carnival Carnival is a Catholic Christian fest ...

'', "The Boors" (1760) *''Il curioso accidente'', "The Curious Incident" (1760) *''La donna di maneggio'' (17??)"The Woman in Charge" *''La casa nova'', "The New House" (1760) *''La buona madre'', "The Good Mother" (1761) *''Le smanie per la villeggiatura'', "Pining for Vacation" (1761) *''Le avventure della villeggiatura'', "Holiday Adventures" (1761) *''Il ritorno dalla villeggiatura'', "Back from Vacation" (1761) *''Lo scozzese'', "The Scotsman" (17??) *''Il buon compatriotto'', "The Good Compatriot" (17??) *''Il sior Todero brontolon o sia Il vecchio fastidioso'', "Grumpy Mr. Todero or the Annoying Old Man" (1762) *''

Le baruffe chiozzotte ''Le baruffe chiozzotte'' (''Brawling in Chioggia'') is a play by the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni, first performed at the Teatro San Luca in Venice in January 1762. It deals with the comic struggles between two groups of fishermen in the lag ...

'' (1762)"The Chioggia Scuffles" *''Una delle ultime sere di carnevale'', "One of the Last Carnival Evenings" (1762) *''L'osteria della posta'', "The Tavern at the Mail Station" (17??) *''L'amore paterno'' o sia ''La serva riconoscente'', "Paternal Love" or "The Grateful Maidservant" (17??) *''Il matrimonio per concorso'', "Marriage by Contest" (17??) *''Les amours d'Arlequin et de Camille'', "The Love of Harlequin And Camilla" (1763) *''La jalousie d'Arlequin'', "Harlequin's Jealousy" (1763) *''Les inquiétudes de Camille'', "Camilla's Worries" (1763) *'' Gli amori di Zelinda e Lindoro'', "The Love of Zelinda and Lindoro" (1764) *''La gelosia di Lindoro'', "Lindoro's Jealousy" (17??) *''L'inquietudini di Zelinda'', "Zelinda's Worries" (17??) *''Gli amanti timidi'' o sia ''L'imbroglio de' due ritratti'', "The Shy Lovers" or "The Affair of the Two Portraits" (17??) *''Il ventaglio'', "The Fan" (1765) *''La burla retrocessa nel contraccambio'' (17??)"The returned joke" *''Chi la fa l'aspetti'' o sia ''I chiassetti del carneval'' (17??)"What goes around comes around" or "The Carnival Lanes" *''Il genio buono e il genio cattivo'', "The Good Nature and the Bad Nature" (17??) *'' Le bourru bienfaisant'' (1771)"The Benevolent Curmudgeon" (17??) *''L'avare fastueux'' (1776)"The Ostentatious Miser"

Opera seria libretti

* ''Amalasunta'' (1732) * '' Gustavo primo, re di Svezia'' (c. 1738) * ''Oronte, re de' Sciti'' (1740) * ''Statira'' (c. 1740)

Opera buffa libretti

* ''La fondazione di Venezia'' (1734) * ''La contessina'' (''The Young Countess'') by Maccari (1743) * ''La favola dei tre gobbi'' (1748) * ''L'Arcadia in Brenta'' (''The

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in Brenta'') by

Galuppi Baldassare Galuppi (18 October 17063 January 1785) was an Italian composer, born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Republic. He belonged to a generation of composers, including Johann Adolph Hasse, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, and C.&nb ...

(1749) * ''

Il filosofo di campagna ''Il filosofo di campagna'' (''The Country Philosopher'') is a dramma giocoso per musica in 3 acts by composer Baldassare Galuppi. The opera uses an Italian language libretto by Carlo Goldoni. The work premiered at the Teatro San Samuele Teatro ...

'' (''The Country Philosopher'') by Galuppi (1754) * ''Il mercato di Malmantile'' (''The Malmantile Market'') by Fischietti (1757) * ''

La buona figliuola ''La buona figliuola'' (''The Good-Natured Girl'' or ''The Accomplish'd Maid''), or ''La Cecchina'' (The girl from Cecchina), is an opera buffa in three acts by Niccolò Piccinni. The libretto, by Carlo Goldoni, is based on Samuel Richardson's nov ...

'' (''The Good Girl'') by

(1760) * ''La buona figliuola maritata'' by Piccinni (1761) * ''La bella verità'' by Piccinni (1762) * ''

Lo speziale ''Lo speziale'' (''The Apothecary''), Hob. 28/3, is a three-act opera buffa by Joseph Haydn, with a libretto by Carlo Goldoni. A love triangle between the poor apprentice Mengone, the rich and assured dandy Volpino, and the local apothecary's ...

'' (''The Apothecary'') by

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(1768) * ''La notte critica'' by Piccinni (1767) * ''

La finta semplice ''La finta semplice'' (''The Fake Innocent''), K. 51 (46a) is an opera buffa in three acts for seven voices and orchestra, composed in 1768 by then 12-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Young Mozart and his father Leopold were spending the year in ...

'' (''The Fake Innocent'') by

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(1769) * '' Le pescatrici'' (''The Fisherwomen'') by Haydn (1770) * ''

Il mondo della luna ' (''The World on the Moon''), Hoboken-Verzeichnis, Hob. XXVIII:7, is an opera buffa by Joseph Haydn with a libretto written by Carlo Goldoni in 1750, first performed at Eszterháza, Hungary, on 3 August 1777. Goldoni's libretto had previously be ...

'' (''The World on the Moon'') by Haydn (1777) * ''Vittorina'' by Piccinni (1777) * ''Il festino'' * ''I viaggiatori ridicoli'' * ''Vittorina'' * ''Il re alla caccia'' * ''La bouillotte'' * ''I volponi'' * ''Gli uccellatori'' * ''Arcifanfano, Re de' matti'' * ''L'isola disabitata'' * ''La calamita de' cuori'' * ''Il negligente'' * ''I bagni d'Abano'' * ''Le virtuose ridicole'' * ''Il finto principe'' * ''L'astuzia felice'' * ''Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cascasenno'' * ''I portentosi effetti della madre natura'' * ''Lucrezia romana'' * ''Il mondo alla rovescia'' * ''Buovo d'Antona'' * ''Il paese delle cuccagna'' * ''La mascherata'' * ''Il conte Caramella'' * ''La donna di governo'' * ''La fiera di Sinigaglia''

Intermezzo libretti

* ''Il buon padre'', "The Good Father" (1729) * ''La cantatrice'', "The Singer" (1729) * ''Il gondoliere veneziano o sia Gli sdegni amorosi'', ''The Venetian Gondoliere or the Lover's Scorn'' (1733) * ''La pupilla'' (1734) * ''La birba'' (1734) * ''Il quartiere fortunato'' (1734–44) * ''Amor fa l'uomo cieco'' (uncertain date) * ''Il disinganno'' (uncertain date) * ''

Le donne vendicate ''Le donne vendicate'' (also titled ''The Revenge of the Women'', ''Il vago disprezzato'' and ''Le fat méprisé'') is a musical farce that consists of two intermezzi by composer Niccolò Piccinni with an Italian libretto by Carlo Goldoni. Goldoni ...

'', "The Revenge of the Women" (1751)

Cantatas and serenades

* ''La ninfa saggia'', "The Wise Nymph" (1739) * ''Gli amanti felici'', "The Happy Lovers" (1739) * ''Le quattro stagioni'', "The Four Seasons" (1739) * ''Il coro delle muse'', "The Choir of the Muses" (1740) * ''La pace consolata'', "Peace Comforted" (17??) * ''L'amor della patria'', "Love for the Country" (17??) * ''L'oracolo del Vaticano'', "The Vatican's Oracle" (17??)

Oratorios

* ''Magdalena conversio'', "The Conversion of Magdalene" (17??)

Religious plays

* ''L'unione del reale profeta Davide'', "The Marriage of Royal Prophet

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" (17??)

Performances

* ''La metempsicosi'' o sia ''La pitagorica trasmigrazione'', "The

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" or "The

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Transmigration" (17??) * ''Il disinganno in corte'', "The Disappointment at the Court" (17??)

Poetry

* ''Il colosso'', a satire against Pavia girls which led to Goldoni being expelled from Collegio Ghislieri (1725) * ''Il quaresimale in epilogo'' (1725–1726)

Books

* ''Nuovo teatro comico'', "New Comic Theater", plays. Pitteri, Venice (1757) * ''Mémoires'', "Memoirs". Paris (1787) * Goldoni's collected works. Zalta, Venice (1788–1795)

Translations

* ''La storia di Miss Jenny'', "The Story of Miss Jenny" of Riccoboni, into French

Notes

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