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