Musicology Annotation << Back The Opera buffa «Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno» on libretto by Carlo Goldoni: the question of authorship Pavel V. Lutsker Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno was the fi rst comic opera, which opened the Venetian era in the history of opera buffa. In contemporary dictionaries as its authors are considered Carlo Goldoni (text) and Vincenzo Ciampi (music). First undertaken in the article detailed review of the manuscript, preserved in the Estense Library in Modena, reveals that originally this opera was a pasticcio. Ciampi was just only one of the authors, writing for Venetian premiere 1749 less than half of the musical numbers. For the London production in 1755 he wrote some another numbers but still almost a quarter of the total represents somebody else’s insertions. The study of Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno expands our understanding of opera buffa practice at an early stage of its history. Keywords: Carlo Goldoni as librettist, Vincenzo Ciampi, opera buffa, pasticcio. Contacts: E-mail: lspriv@mail.ru Pp. 27-35.