L'innocenza giustificata
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L'innocenza giustificata (Innocence Justified) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of a festa teatrale in one act. The Italian-language libretto combines recitatives by Giacomo Durazzo with arias by Pietro Metastasio. The opera premiered on 8 December 1755 at the Burgtheater in Vienna.
Roles
[edit]| Cast | Voice type | Premiere cast |
|---|---|---|
| Claudia, a vestal virgin | soprano | Caterina Gabrielli |
| Valerio, a Roman consul | tenor | Carlo Carlani |
| Flaminia, Claudia's sister, priestess of the goddess Vesta | soprano | Marianna Beneventi |
| Flavio, a Roman knight | soprano castrato | Tommaso Guarducci |
| Chorus: Roman senators, knights, lictors, people | ||
Recordings
[edit]- L'innocenza giustificata María Bayo (Claudia), Veronica Cangemi (Flavio), Andreas Karasiak (Valerio), Marina De Liso (Flaminia), ChorWerk Ruhr, Cappella Coloniensis, conducted by Christopher Moulds (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 2004)
Sources
[edit]- Booklet notes to the Moulds recording by Ingo Dorfmüller
- Holden, Amanda The Viking Opera Guide (Viking, 1993), page 373.
- Gluck-Gesamtausgabe. L'innocenza giustificata. Institut für Musikwissenschaft, Goethe-Universität
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