Premise: Il trionfo dell'onore ("The Triumph of Honour") is an operatic 'commedia' in three acts by the Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti, with a libretto by . It was first performed at the Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples on 26 November 1718. It is Scarlatti's only known comic opera.
Hypothesis: Alessandro Scarlatti was in a comedic mood as he wrote The Triumph of Honour.