Juditha triumphans (1716 Vivaldi / Cassetti), oratorio
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Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarie <Latin> (1716) is an oratorio by Antonio Vivaldi (mus.) and Iacopo Cassetti (libr.).
Abstract
Based on the Book of Judith, was composed in celebration of the victory of Venice against the Turks during the siege of Corfu.
Editions, performances, translations
Premiered in Venice [Italy]: Ospedale della Pietà, November 1716, at the presence of the General of the victorious Venetian army, Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg.