L'innocenza giustificata explained

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

CastVoice typePremiere cast
Claudia, a vestal virginsopranoCaterina Gabrielli
Valerio, a Roman consultenorCarlo Carlani
Flaminia, Claudia's sister, priestess of the goddess VestasopranoMarianna Beneventi
Flavio, a Roman knightsoprano castratoTommaso Guarducci
Chorus: Roman senators, knights, lictors, people

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