- Giulio Sabino
"Giulio Sabino" ("Julius Sabinus") is a "dramma per musica" (
opera seria ) in three acts byGiuseppe Sarti . The libretto was byPietro Giovannini .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 's1786 work "Prima la musica e poi le parole ".Performance history
It was first performed at the
Teatro San Benedetto inVenice on 3 January1781 . The opera was revived inRavenna in1999 (see recording section below).Roles
ynopsis
The opera which is about the triumph of conjugal love. It is set in 1st century
Gaul in the time of the EmperorVespasian .Recording
There is a recording made in Ravenna in 1999 by the
Accademia Bizantina underOttavio Dantone with Alessandra Palomba (Arminio), Sonia Prina (Giulio Sabino), Donatella Lombardi (Voadice), Elena Monti (Epponina), Giuseppe Filianoti (Tito), Kremena Dilcheva (Annio) (Bongiovanni CD 1173251).References
* [http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco.php?Start=0&Giorno=3&Mese=01&Anno=1781&Giornata=&Testo=&Parola=Stringa Amadeus Almanac, accessed 30 September 2008]
*"Giulio Sabino" by John A Rice, in 'TheNew Grove Dictionary of Opera ', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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