La capricciosa corretta (The capricious woman reformed) is a comic opera (commedia per musica) in two acts composed by Vicente Martín y Soler.

The libretto is by Lorenzo Da Ponte and has a plot which has a slight similarity to William Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew, but is not based on it.

The opera premiered under the title La scuola dei maritati (The school for spouses) at the King's Theatre in London on 27 January 1795 to considerable success.

After the death of Joseph II in 1790 Da Ponte fell into disfavour, feuded with Salieri, and was replaced as the poet of the Habsburg court theatres.

[3] According to Christophe Rousset, while some aspects of the opera's plot bear a superficial similarity to the play, it owes more to Goldoni's classic comedies of manners and to Da Ponte's libretti for Mozart's Così fan tutte and The Marriage of Figaro.

Like Così fan tutte, the story is set in a villa in Naples and involves a woman being brought "down to earth" by an oriental impostor (in the case of La capricciosa, a servant in disguise).

Rousset also points out that Da Ponte follows Goldoni's practice of giving the characters names which evoke their personal traits.

Captain Sbaraglia is likewise a commedia dell'arte character whose name derives from "sbaraglio" meaning "disorder or confusion".

Martín y Soler then moved in with Anna Morichelli who had created the role of Ciprigna and was to sing the lead in L'isola del piacere.

[3] Following the end of the 1795 season, Anna Morichelli returned to Italy and scored further triumphs in the leading role of La capricciosa, performing it in Venice in 1795; Florence, Genoa and Udine in 1796; and Pisa and Naples in 1797.

[1] In its day, La capricciosa coretta was one of Martín y Soler's most frequently performed operas but eventually fell into oblivion until several early 21st-century revivals.

In 2002, Christophe Rousset produced a critical edition of the score from a manuscript found in the Accademia Chigiana and conducted performances of the work with his ensemble Les Talens Lyriques for Opéra de Lausanne, later taking the production on tour to Bordeaux and Madrid.

Worried about her reputation, Isabella rejects the suggestion that she elope with Lelio, while Valerio reiterates his threat to leave home and join the army.

Later, a mysterious oriental ambassador calling himself Irco Berlico (but actually Fiuta in disguise) arrives in Ciprigna's rooms accompanied by a retinue of Turks and Moors and praises her beauty.

As Ciprigna makes preparations to leave that night with the mysterious ambassador, Cilia discovers the plot to kidnap Isabella who is then rescued by Lelio.