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- ↑ Edward J Dent: Selected Essays 0521221749 1979 - - Page 53 Cavaliere Leo identified this with Amor vuol sofferenze by comparing it with the complete libretto in the same library, and I was fortunate enough to find the opera complete at Montecassino. A study of the score and libretto showed us that the ...
- ↑ L'archivo musicale di Montecassino -Eduardo Dagnino - 1929 - Page 284 Leonardo Leo Eccone la statistica : 22 volumi di partiture teatrali (16 opere), 6 miscellanee, 2 oratori : totale 30. Opere complete: Alidoro (unico), Amor vuol sofferenza, Argene, (forse autografo, porta la firma e la data 1735), Ciro, Demofoonte, Emira (unico) .
- ↑ Stefano Capone, Carmela Lombardi - L'opera comica napoletana (1709-1749) 2007 G.A. Federico, opera comica, Napoli, Teatro dei Fiorentini] 1739 - Amor vuol sofferenza [libr. G.A. Federico, opera comica, Napoli, Teatro Nuovo sopra Toledo] 1 740 - Alidoro [libr. ... Teatro dei Fiorentini] 1 744 - La finta frascatana [è una versione di Amor vuol sofferenza completata da M. Capranica per la morte di Leo.