Giustino (Vivaldi)

Giustino (also known as Anastasio) RV 717 is a 1724 opera by Vivaldi to a libretto by Nicolò Beregan. The opera was composed for the 1724 carnival season in Rome and premiered at the Teatro Capranica.[1]

Giustino
Opera by Antonio Vivaldi
Probable portrait of Antonio Vivaldi, c. 1723
LibrettistNicolò Beregan
LanguageItalian
Premiere
23 January 1723 (1723-01-23)
Teatro Capranica, Rome

The aria of Anastasio, Vedrò con mio diletto, has become a famous piece sung at concerts and on recordings by countertenors such as Philippe Jaroussky and Jakub Józef Orliński and by contraltos as Sonia Prina.

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.[2]

Recording
  • 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
  1. Bucciarelli, Melania; Joncus, Berta (2007). Music As Social and Cultural Practice. p. 217. Nicolò Beregan's Giustino, first staged in 1683 and set by Vivaldi for Rome in 1724, has two ...
  2. "Næstved Early Music Festival". nemf.dk.
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