Giustino
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- For the Italian commune, see Giustino (TN).
Giustino (or Justin) 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. It was also produced at the Komische Oper, Berlin by Harry Kupfer in 1985.
[edit] Roles and role creators
- Anastasio - Gioacchino Conti, known as "Gizziello" (castrato)
- Arianna, widow of the emperor - Anna Maria Strada (soprano)
- Giustino - Domenico Annibali (alto castrato)
- Leocasta - Francesca Bertolli (alto)
- Amanzio - Maria Caterina Negri (alto)
- Vitaliano - John Beard (tenor)
- Polidarte - Thomas Reinhold (bass)
- La Fortuna - boy soprano
[edit] Sources
Giustino (ii) by Anthony Hicks, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
[edit] Recording
(1994, Göttingen). Michael Chance, Dorothea Röschmann, Dawn Kotoski, Jennifer Lane, Mark Padmore, Drew Minter, Dean Ely, Freiburger Barockorchester cond. Nicholas McGegan. Harmonia Mundi France HMU 907130.32
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