La Betulia liberata (The Liberation of Bethulia / 1743 Jommelli / @1734 Metastasio), oratorio (music), Venice premiere

La Betulia liberata <Italian> / The Liberation of Bethulia (1743) is an oratorio,set to music by Niccolò Jommelli.

~ Libretto by Pietro Metastasio; see La Betulia liberata (The Liberation of Bethulia / 1734 Metastasio), libretto. Based on the Book of Judith.

Abstract

Musical setting of Metastasio's libretto.

Editions

Published in Venice, Italy: 1743.

Performance history

Premiered in Venice, Italy: Oratorio della Congregazione di San Filippo Neri, 1743. Then, Rome, Italy: Oratorio della Vallicella, 1743.

Revived in Bologna, Italy: Oratorio de' pp. della Congregazione di san Filippo Neri detti della Madonna di Galiera, 1750; Castel San Pietro, Italy: 1757; London, England: King’s Theatre am Haymarket, 25 February 1768; and Venice, Italy: 1785.

Sound recordings

• 2010: Aufführungen zusammen mit der Fassung von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart bei den Salzburger Pfingstfestspielen und beim Ravenna-Festival mit dem Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini und dem Philharmonia Chor Wien unter der Leitung von Riccardo Muti. Sänger: Michael Spyres (Ozìa), Alisa Kolosova (Giuditta), Marta Vandoni Iorio (Amital), Barbara Bargnesi (Cabri), Arianna Vendittelli (Carmi), Nahuel di Pierro (Achior).