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