La creanza, ovvero, La maniera di vivere alla moda
Subtitle: opera in musica, in due atti : da rappresentarsi nel gran Teatro Royale di Nansi
Contributors: Zingoni, Giovanni Battista, approximately 1719-1811, attributed name; De Amicis, Domenico Antonio, approximately 1716- singer; De Amicis, Anna Lucia, approximately 1733-1816, singer; Zingoni, Giovanni Battista, approximately 1719-1811, singer; Beaurain, Louis, printer; Théâtre royal (Nancy, France); John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection)
Publisher: Nella stamparia di Luigi Beaurain
Published: 1755
Place of publication: A Nansi
Language: fre; ita
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Operas; Librettos
Other titles: Maniera di vivere alla moda; Politesse; Maniere de vivre à la mode
Work titles: Creanza
Notes: Libretto for a comic opera in 2 acts.

Caption title of French text: La politesse, ou, La maniere de vivre à la mode.

Text possibly by the tenor, De Amicis, who signed the dedication (p. 3): "D. De Amicis."

"La Musica è del Signore Lorenzo Bologna, Maestro di Musica in Roma"--P. [5]; an opera with the same title and also associated with the De Amicis Family, is attributed to Zingoni (See libretto (Dublin: Alex. M'Culloh, 1762) and the article on Zingoni, Grove music online (WWW site, 22 December 2009)).

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"DEDICATO All' Signore THIBAULT, Tenente Generale della Città."

Signatures: A-C⁸ D⁴.

"NONAI DEGL' ATTORI" (p. [5]); the three roles sung by Domenico de Amicis, Anna Lucia de Amicis (Domenico's daughter), and Giovanni Zingoni.

French and Italian on facing pages.