Giulio Sabino

Giulio Sabino ("Julius Sabinus") is a dramma per musica (opera seria) in three acts by Giuseppe Sarti. The libretto was by Pietro Giovannini.

Giuseppe Sarti

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.

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).

Roles
Role Voice type Premiere cast, 3 January 1781
(Conductor:Unknown)
Annio tenor Giuseppe Desirò
Arminio alto castrato Pietro Gherardi
Epponina soprano Anna Pozzi
Sabino soprano castrato Gaspare Pacchierotti
Tito tenor Giacomo Panati
Voadice soprano Felice Zannotti

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).

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References
  • (in Italian) Amadeus Almanac, accessed 30 September 2008
  • Giulio Sabino by John A Rice, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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