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''Giustino'' ("Justin", HWV 37) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The opera was first given at the Covent Garden Theatre in London on 16 February 1737.The Italian-language libretto was adapted from Charles VI's court poet Pietro Pariati's libretto for ''Giustino'' (1711), after the much older original libretto of Nicolò Beregan (1682). The libretto had already been adapted by many composers including Vivaldi's ''Giustino'' of 1724 and Tomaso Albinoni's lost opera of 1711. ==Background== By the 1736 - 37 season in London, the German-born Handel was presenting both operas he had composed in Italian, as he had done for more than twenty years, and oratorio in English, which was a newer form for him. ''Giustino'' was one of three new operas composed by Handel that season. In addition he revived earlier operas and oratorios and presented two new oratorios.〔 In the middle of all this work, Handel suffered an illness which temporarily left his right hand paralyzed, as reported in the ''London Evening Post'' on 14 May 1737:
Handel led the performances of his operas and oratorios from the keyboard and often played organ concertos between the acts; nevertheless he was absent from the theatre while he recovered, which he did fairly speedily although he suffered occasional relapses of this ailment for the rest of his life.〔 Of the three new operas Handel presented that season, ''Giustino'' was the most successful with audiences. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Giustino (Handel)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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