Lo frate ’nnamorato

About the show

Ascanio, brother of Nina and Nena, was stolen by brigands in childhood and presumed lost; Marcaniello found and adopted him. Don Carlo, guardian of Nina and Nena, plans to marry Marcaniello’s daughter Luggrezia. Marcaniello hopes to marry Nina himself and arrange for his son Don Pietro to marry Nena. Nina and Nena both fall in love with Ascanio without knowing their kinship. During a duel with Carlo, Ascanio is recognized as Carlo’s lost nephew by a birthmark. Ascanio and Luggrezia are then free to marry.