Giustino (Vivaldi)

Il Giustino
Opera by Antonio Vivaldi
Vivaldi - Il Giustino - title page of the libretto - Rome 1724
LibrettistNicolò Beregan
LanguageItalian
Premiere
23 January 1724 (1724-01-23)

Il Giustino RV 717 is a 1724 opera by Vivaldi 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.[1]

  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 ...