The world wants to be deceived and people  are searching for love – for the profit-seeker  and amateur astronomer Ecclitico , the nature of the task is therefore clear: the innocent Bonafede must sacrifice his purse and his daughter if  he wants to find happiness in the world  of paradise on the moon. Haydn wrote “ Il mondo della  luna ” to a libretto after Carlo Goldoni in 1777 for the wedding celebrations of a son of his royal employer Eszterházy . It is a jewel of buffo opera, a stage work which was only rediscovered in the 20th century. Now a critical new edition, in line with modern performing practice, has been newly engraved and published.<br>
The new vocal score, available on sale for  the first time, is based on Vol. XXV/7 of the Haydn  Edition and follows the widely-accepted interpretation of the work. An appendix contains arias from the “new version”, and smaller variants are easily identifiable, and  annotated in the  music text.<br>