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L'innocenza giustificata

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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.

Roles

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Cast Voice type Premiere cast
Claudia, a vestal virgin soprano Caterina Gabrielli
Valerio, a Roman consul tenor Carlo Carlani
Flaminia, Claudia's sister, priestess of the goddess Vesta soprano Marianna Beneventi
Flavio, a Roman knight soprano castrato Tommaso Guarducci
Chorus: Roman senators, knights, lictors, people

Recordings

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  • L'innocenza giustificata María Bayo (Claudia), Veronica Cangemi (Flavio), Andreas Karasiak (Valerio), Marina De Liso (Flaminia), ChorWerk Ruhr, Cappella Coloniensis, conducted by Christopher Moulds (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 2004)

Sources

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  • Booklet notes to the Moulds recording by Ingo Dorfmüller
  • Holden, Amanda The Viking Opera Guide (Viking, 1993), page 373.
  • Gluck-Gesamtausgabe. L'innocenza giustificata. Institut für Musikwissenschaft, Goethe-Universität