First performance 3 January 1781 Language Italian | Composer Giuseppe Sarti | |
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Similar Prima la musica e poi le par, Lodoïska, Armida, La grotta di Trofonio, Axur - re d'Ormus | ||
Giulio sabino opera by giuseppe sarti act 1
Giulio Sabino ("Julius Sabinus") is a dramma per musica (opera seria) in three acts by Giuseppe Sarti. The libretto was by Pietro Giovannini.
Contents
- Giulio sabino opera by giuseppe sarti act 1
- Jamd giulio sabino opera by giuseppe sarti act 2
- Performance history
- Synopsis
- Recording
- References
The opera, staged in six or seven European countries at the end of the 18th century, was the subject of a parody in Antonio Salieri's 1786 work Prima la musica e poi le parole.
Jamd giulio sabino opera by giuseppe sarti act 2
Performance history
It was first performed at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice on 3 January 1781. The opera was revived in Ravenna in 1999 (see recording section below).
Synopsis
The opera which is about the triumph of conjugal love. It is set in 1st century Gaul in the time of the Emperor Vespasian.
Recording
There is a recording made in Ravenna in 1999 by the Accademia Bizantina under Ottavio Dantone with Alessandra Palomba (Arminio), Sonia Prina (Giulio Sabino), Donatella Lombardi (Voadice), Elena Monti (Epponina), Giuseppe Filianoti (Tito), Kremena Dilcheva (Annio) (Bongiovanni CD 1173251).