L'innocenza giustificata (Innocence Justified) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of a festa teatrale in one act. The Italian-language libretto combines recitatives by Giacomo Durazzo with arias by Pietro Metastasio. The opera premiered on 8 December 1755 at the Burgtheater in Vienna.
Original Name | L'innocenza giustificata |
Librettist | Giacomo Durazzo and Pietro Metastasio |
Date of composition | 1755 |
Premiered | 1755, December 8th (Burgtheater) in Vienna, Austria |
Type | Opera |
Catalogue | Wq. 20 |
Spoken language | Italian |
Instruments |
Voice (Soprano)
- Claudia, a vestal virgin
Voice (Tenor) - Valerio, a Roman consul Voice (Soprano) - Flaminia, Claudia's sister, priestess of the goddess Vesta Voice (Castrato) - Soprano ; Flavio, a Roman knight Chorus/Choir - Roman senators, knights, lictors, people Orchestra |
Arrangements |
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Christoph Willibald Gluck: La vestale
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Autotranslations beta |
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