Paisiello, Giovanni, 1740-1816. Filosofi immaginari

found: Paisiello, G. Gli astrologi immaginari [SR] 2005:label (Gli astrologi immaginari)

found: Grove music online, Oct. 13, 2006:opera (I filosofi immaginari (Gli astrologi immaginari); dramma giocoso in 2 acts; libretto by G. Bertati; 1779; performed in French as Le philosophe imaginaire, and in German as Das eingebildeten Philosophen; also as I visionari)

found: Diz. enc. universale della mus. e dei musicisti(I filosofi immaginari, dramma giocoso in 2 atti (G. Bertati); 1779; performed as I visionari, Dresden, 1793)

found: Robinson, M.F. Giovanni Paisiello, a them. cat. of his works :v. 1, p. 269 (I filosofi immaginari, dramma giocoso per musica; words by Giovanni Bertati; 1st performance, 1779) p. 278 (The t.p. "of the autograph shows that the composer originally thought that the work was to be called Gli astrologi immaginari; this title is also found on many of the MS copies. However all the surviving printed librettos of the work and public announcements about it use the word 'filosofi' rather than 'astrologi' .... The name I filosofi immaginari seems therefore to be the correct one ....")