Giustino
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For the Italian commune, see Giustino, Trentino.
Giustino (or Justin) (HWV 37) is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The Italian-language libretto was adapted from Pietro Pariati's Giustino, after Nicolo Beregan's Il Giustino.
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[edit] Performance history
The opera was first given at the Covent Garden Theatre in London on 16 February 1737 and on 8 further occasions. It was also performed in Brunswick in August 1741. The first modern performance was in Abingdon on 21 April 1963. The first London performance since Handel's time was in November 1983.[1] It was also produced at the Komische Oper, Berlin by Harry Kupfer in 1985.
[edit] Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, 16 February 1737 (Conductor: - ) |
|---|---|---|
| Giustino | alto castrato | Domenico Annibali |
| Anastasio | castrato | Gioacchino Conti (Gizziello) |
| Arianna, widow of the emperor | soprano | Anna Maria Strada |
| Leocasta | alto | Francesca Bertolli |
| Amanzio | alto | Maria Caterina Negri |
| Vitaliano | tenor | John Beard |
| Polidarte | bass | Henry Reinhold |
| La Fortuna | boy soprano | William Savage |
[edit] Selected recordings
- (1994, Göttingen). Michael Chance, Dorothea Röschmann, Dawn Kotoski, Jennifer Lane, Mark Padmore, Drew Minter, Dean Ely, Juliana Gondek, Freiburger Barockorchester cond. Nicholas McGegan. Harmonia Mundi France HMU 907130.32
[edit] E-book
- Score of Giustino (ed. Friedrich Chrysander, Leipzig 1883)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Dean, Winton, "Music in London: Handel Operas" (January 1984). The Musical Times, 125 (1691): pp. 36-37.
[edit] References
- Dean, Winton (2006), Handel's Operas, 1726-1741, Boydell Press, ISBN 1843832682 The second of the two volume definitive reference on the operas of Handel
- Giustino (ii) by Anthony Hicks, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
