 The title on a manuscript score dated 1775 and held in the Saxon State and University Library Dresden is given as "Il vecchio avaro" ("The Old Miser").Bertati's libretto for "L'avaro" was subsequently set by several other composers including Gennaro Astarita (1776, Teatro Bonacossi, Ferrara) and Ferdinando Orlandi (1801, Teatro Marsigli-Rossi, Bologna).A different libretto by Giuseppe Palomba, also titled "L'avaro" and likewise based on the Molière play, was set by Giacomo Cordella and premiered in 1814 at the Teatro de' Fiorentini, Naples.