German words; translations by Friedrich Christian Bressand, with alternative title Die Macht der Tugend, of an Italian libretto by Domenico David originally set as an opera by Carlo Francesco Pollarolo in 1693. Reproduced from a ms. score in the Musikabteilung, Staatsbibbliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin (Mus.ms. 11 482), with reproduction of Die auserlesensten Arien der Opera (Hamburg, 1701) and libretto (Hamburg, 1700). Includes synopsis.