Giulio Sabino
{{short description|1781 opera seria by Giuseppe Sarti}}
{{Infobox opera
| name = {{lang|it|Giulio Sabino}}
| type = Dramma per musica
| composer = Giuseppe Sarti
| image = Giuseppe Sarti (1729-1802).jpg
| image_upright = 1.1
| caption = Giuseppe Sarti
| librettist = Pietro Giovannini
| based_on =
| language = Italian
| premiere_date = {{Start date|1781|01|03|df=y}}
| premiere_location = Teatro San Benedetto, Venice
}}
Giulio Sabino ("Julius Sabinus") is a dramma per musica (opera seria) in three acts by Giuseppe Sarti. The libretto was by Pietro Giovannini.
The opera, staged in six or seven European countries at the end of the 18th century, was the subject of a parody in Antonio Salieri's 1786 work Prima la musica e poi le parole.
Performance history
It was first performed at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice on 3 January 1781. The opera was revived at the Teatro Comunale Alighieri in Ravenna in 1999 (see recording section below).
Roles
| class="wikitable"
|+{{sronly|Roles, voice types, premiere cast}} !Role !Premiere cast, 3 January 1781{{Almanacco|dmy=3 January 1781|match=Giulio Sabino}} |
| Annio
|Giuseppe Desirò |
| Arminio
|Pietro Gherardi |
| Epponina, Sabino's wife
|soprano |Anna Pozzi |
| Sabino
|soprano castrato |
| Tito
|Giacomo Panati |
| Voadice
|soprano |Felice Zannotti |
Synopsis
Recording
There is a recording made in Ravenna in 1999 by the Accademia Bizantina under Ottavio Dantone with Alessandra Palomba (Arminio), Sonia Prina (Giulio Sabino), Donatella Lombardi (Voadice), Elena Monti (Epponina), Giuseppe Filianoti (Tito), Kremena Dilcheva (Annio) (Bongiovanni CD 1173251).
References
Further reading
- "Giulio Sabino" by John A Rice, in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) {{ISBN|0-333-73432-7}}
- John A. Rice, [https://www.academia.edu/7030475/Sartis_Giulio_Sabino_Haydns_Armida_and_the_Arrival_of_Opera_Seria_at_Eszterháza "Sarti's Giulio Sabino, Haydn's Armida, and the Arrival of Opera Seria at Eszterháza"]
External links
- {{IMSLP|work=Giulio Sabino (Sarti, Giuseppe)|cname=Giulio Sabino}}
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Category:Italian-language operas