Giustino (Legrenzi)
| Il Giustino | |
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| Opera by Teatro San Salvador , Venice |
Il Giustino is an
Teatro San Salvador in Venice;[1][2] Selfridge-Field gives 7 February as the date.[3] Legrenzi dedicated the work to Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma.[3]
Background and performance history
Considered one of Legrenzi's finest compositions, the work includes more than 70 arias.Byzantine emperor.[5] For several decades following its 1683 premiere at the Teatro San Salvador, Il Giustino was one of the most widely performed Venetian operas. According to musicologist Reinhard Strohm, its music was still being discussed as late as 1720 in Benedetto Marcello's pamphlet Il teatro alla moda.[6]
On 26 April 2007, Il Giustino had its first modern revival at the
Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble in performances of the work.[5] Soprano Elisabeth Kulman led the cast in the title role of Giustino, with Georg Nigl as Ariannas, Cornelia Ptassek as Arianna, Terry Wey as Andronico/Flavia, Delphine Galou as Eufemia, Peter Kennel as Vitaliano, and Hermann Oswald as Amantio.[7][8]
In May 2023, Giustino had its Australian premiere at City Recital Hall, Sydney, in a production by Pinchgut Opera with the Orchestra of the Antipodes conducted by Erin Helyard. It was broadcast on ABC Television on 16 July 2023.[9]
Roles
| Role[2] | Voice type |
|---|---|
| Emperor Anastasio | soprano |
| Empress Arianna | soprano |
| Giustino | soprano |
| Eufemia | soprano |
| Vitaliano | contralto |
| Andronico | soprano |
| Amanzio | tenor |
| Polimante | bass |
| Erasto capitano | bass |
| Brillo | bass |
| Ombra di Vitaliano | bass |
| Atlante | bass |
| Venere | soprano |
| Imeneo | mezzo-soprano |
| Fortuna | soprano |
| Allegrezza | soprano |
| Gloria | soprano |
| Eternità | contralto |
References
- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Il Giustino, 12 February 1683". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
- ^ a b Nicolò Beregan; Giovanni Legrenzi. Dario Zanotti (ed.). Il Giustino (PDF) (in Italian). Retrieved 25 October 2023 – via librettidopera.it.
- ^ ISBN 9781503619975.
- ISBN 9781783231218.
- ^ a b Horst Koegler (August 2007). "Germany: Schwetzingen". Opera. p. 39.
- ISBN 0521619289
- ^ a b "Il Giustino". Opernwelt. Vol. 48. 2007. p. 3.
- ^ "Schwetzingen Opens With Legrenzi". giornaledellamusica.it. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ABC Listen. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
External links
Media related to Giustino (Legrenzi) at Wikimedia Commons- Giustino (Legrenzi): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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