| Betulia liberata | |
|---|---|
| Azione sacra by W. A. Mozart | |
 Mozart in 1777, by an unknown painter | |
| Translation | The Liberation of Bethulia |
| Librettist | Pietro Metastasio |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Judith and Holofernes |
La Betulia liberata (The Liberation of Bethulia) is a libretto by Pietro Metastasio which was originally commissioned by Emperor Charles VI and set to music by Georg Reutter the Younger in 1734. It was subsequently set by as many as 30 composers, including Niccolò Jommelli (1743), Ignaz Holzbauer (1752), Florian Leopold Gassmann (1772),[1] Joseph Schuster (1787), and most famously Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1771).
- ^ George R. Hill; Joshua Kosman (2001). "Gassmann, Florian Leopold". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.10717. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.