sentences:  The trouser role of Volpino reminds one of Cherubino in "Le nozze di Figaro" and the young lovers' use of disguises will call "Cosi fan tutte" to mind.The opera is scored for two flutes, two oboes, bassoon, two horns, strings, continuo.It was composed and first performed to popular and critical acclaim at Eszterháza in the autumn of 1768.