''Il Giustino'' ''RV 717'' is a 1724 opera by
Vivaldi
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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.
Roles
Music
The aria of Anastasio, ''Vedrò con mio diletto'', has become known as a recital piece and sung at concerts and on recordings by
countertenor
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s 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''.
Modern performances
The opera was revived in modern times in 1985 in a production directed by Alan Curtis and performed at the
Teatro Olimpico
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in Vicenza, at the Opéra Royal of the
Palace of Versailles
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, and at the
Teatro La Fenice
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in Venice. According to data reported b
''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
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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.
In 2022 a new production was given at
Drottningholm Palace Theatre
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Currently, the r ...
and this was broadcast by
OperaVision in December 2023.
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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
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The unit, along with EMI Classics, was acquired by Universal Music Group in 2012 as part of the takeover of the EMI Music Group, however the terms o ...
2002
* Vivaldi - ''Il Giustino''.
Delphine Galou,
Emőke Baráth
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She ...
, Verónica Cangemi, Emiliano Gonzales Toro, Arianna Vendittelli, Accademia Bizantina,
Ottavio Dantone Naive 2018
See also
*
List of operas by Antonio Vivaldi
References
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Operas by Antonio Vivaldi
Operas
1724 operas
Italian-language operas