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- ↑ Mary Hunter in New Grove Dictionary of Opera describes it as a dramma giocoso in her "Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. 2001. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O901986pg1. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0., but as an opera buffa in her "La sposa fedele". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. 2001. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O008557. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.. At this period, both designations may be equally correct.
- ↑ Or according to Mary Hunter in Grove, during Carnival 1767.
- Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "La sposa fedele" . L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
- Hunter, Mary (1992). "La sposa fedele". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O008557. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.