La Giuditta may refer to one of several Italian oratorios:
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- Alessandro scarlatti la giuditta dormi
- Scarlattis Rome Giuditta
- Scarlattis Cambridge Giuditta
- Almeidas Giuditta
- Metastasios Giuditta
- Other composers
- Latin oratorios
- References
Each version of La Giuditta deals with the figure of Judith, from the Biblical Apocrypha, who liberated the besieged city of Bethulia by seducing and then beheading the enemy General Holofernes. Judith and Holofernes are the two main roles common to all versions. Incidental characters, such as, in the larger Scarlatti Giuditta, Achior, a captain so revolted by Holofernes' brutality that he defects to the Israelite army, do not occur in other versions.
Alessandro scarlatti la giuditta dormi
Scarlatti's Rome Giuditta
Alessandro Scarlatti: La Giuditta, Rome, 1693. Libretto by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni. "Scarlatti considered it his finest oratorio, and its dramatic structure, rapidly interweaving brief scenes in Holofernes's camp with events in the troubled city, is remarkable."
Recordings:Scarlatti's Cambridge Giuditta
Alessandro Scarlatti: La Giuditta, Rome or Naples 1697, Libretto by Prince Antonio Ottoboni, father of the cardinal. This smaller setting for three voices, strings and basso continuo, is known today as the "Cambridge" Giuditta, since its manuscript is conserved in the Rowe Music Library of King's College, Cambridge.
Recordings:Almeida's Giuditta
Francisco António de Almeida: La Giuditta
Recording:Metastasio's Giuditta
Other composers
Latin oratorios
These oratorios are generally listed under Latin names: