Giustino (Vivaldi)
{{Short description|Opera by Antonio Vivaldi}}
{{Infobox opera
| name = Il Giustino
| composer = Antonio Vivaldi
| image = Vivaldi_-_Giustino_-_title_page_of_the_libretto_-_Rome_1724.png
| image_upright = 1.1
| caption = Vivaldi - Il Giustino - title page of the libretto - Rome 1724
| librettist = Nicolò Beregan
| based_on =
| language = Italian
| premiere_date = {{Start date|1724|01|23|df=y}}
| premiere_location = Teatro Capranica, Rome
}}
Il Giustino RV 717 is a 1724 opera by Vivaldi set to a libretto by Nicolò Beregan, originally used for the 1683 opera of the same name by Giovanni Legrenzi, and also later set by Albinoni and Handel. The opera was composed for the 1724 carnival season in Rome and premiered at the Teatro Capranica.{{cite book | title=Music As Social and Cultural Practice| page= 217 | first1= Melania | last1= Bucciarelli | first2= Berta |last2= Joncus | year= 2007 | quote = Nicolò Beregan's Giustino, first staged in 1683 and set by Vivaldi for Rome in 1724, has two ...}}
Roles
| class="wikitable"
|+{{sronly|Roles, voice types}} !Role{{cite web | url = https://www.ricordi.com/en-US/Critical-Editions/Vivaldi-Antonio-Critical-Editions/Vivaldi-Dramatic-Music/Vivaldi-Giustino.aspx | title = Antonio Vivaldi: Giustino RV 717 | last = | first = | date = | website = Casa Ricordi | publisher = Ricordi | access-date = December 26, 2023 | quote = }} |
| Anastasio, Emperor of Byzantium |
| Empress Arianna
|soprano |
| Leocasta, Anastasio's sister
|soprano |
| Giustino
|alto |
| Vitaliano, Tyrant of Asia Minor |
| Andronico, brother of Vittaliano
|alto |
| Amanzio, General of the Imperial Troops
|tenor |
| Polidarte, captain of Vitelliano's guards
|tenor |
| The Goddess Fortune
|soprano |
Music
The aria of Anastasio, Vedrò con mio diletto, has become known as a recital piece and sung at concerts and on recordings by countertenors such as Philippe Jaroussky and Jakub Józef Orliński and by contraltos such as Sonia Prina. The Sinfonia of Act I, Scene V, is also used by Vivaldi as the main motif of the first movement of La Primavera ("Spring") from his concerti The Four Seasons.{{Cn|date=March 2023}}
Modern performances
The opera was revived in modern times in 1985 in a production directed by Alan Curtis and performed at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, at the Opéra Royal of the Palace of Versailles, and at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. According to data reported by [https://web.archive.org/web/20140301014708/http://operabaroque.fr/Cadre_baroque.htm Le magazine de l'opéra baroque], a subsequent performance in concert form was held at the Mégaron Musikis in Athens in 2007, while a further revival on stage, for a total of twelve performances, took place, between 2008 and 2009, at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater.
In July 2018, a concert performance was given at the Festival International d'Opéra Baroque de Beaune — with the Accademia Bizantina conducted by Ottavio Dantone. In August 2018, a full costume version of Il Giustino, directed by Deda Cristina Colonna and conducted by Peter Spissky and the Camerata Øresund, figured as one of the central pieces in the Næstved Early Music Festival.{{cite web | url= https://www.nemf.dk/ | website= nemf.dk | title= Næstved Early Music Festival | access-date= 2018-08-19 | archive-date= 2019-09-18 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190918161506/https://www.nemf.dk/ | url-status= dead }}
In 2022 a new production was given at Drottningholm Palace Theatre and this was broadcast by OperaVision in December 2023.
{{cite web
| url = https://operavision.eu/performance/il-giustino
| title = Il Giustino
| last =
| first =
| date =
| website = OperaVision
| publisher = OperaVision
| access-date = December 26, 2023
| quote =
}}
{{cite web
| url = https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/il-giustino-drottningholms-22876
| title = Il Giustino
| date = 26 December 2023
| publisher = British Theatre Guide
| access-date=April 30, 2024
}}
Recordings
- Vivaldi - Il Giustino. Dominique Labelle, Marina Comparato, Francesca Provvisionato, Geraldine McGreevy. Leonardo De Lisi, Laura Cherici. Il Complesso Barocco dir. Alan Curtis Virgin Classics 2002
- Vivaldi - Il Giustino. Delphine Galou, Emőke Baráth, Verónica Cangemi, Emiliano Gonzales Toro, Arianna Vendittelli, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone Naive 2018
See also
References
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