Organization

Conductor

Michael Meissner

Stage director

María Belén Ochoa

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Andrea Corvais

Anastasio

Juan Carlos

Giustino

Tenor

Francisco Ortega

Vitaliano

Others

Cuenca Symphony Orchestra

Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca

Giustino -  (Justin)

Cuenca

Ecuador

The Cuenca Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Meissner, Principal Conductor, with the stage direction of María Belén Ochoa and the participation of Andrés Córdova (Tenor), Anastasio, Emperor of Byzantium; Olga Vresca (Soprano) Arianna; Emperor's wife, Juan Carlos Cerna (Tenor) Giustino, peasant, brother of Vitaliano; Abigail Rosero (Soprano) Leocasta, Anastasio's sister; Francisco Ortega (Tenor) Vitaliano, tyrant of Asia; Rodney Landázuri (Light Tenor) Amanzio, Byzantine general; María Augusta Jibaja (Mezzo-soprano) La Fortuna; a body of dancers and two actors, presents this Friday, January 15, in its Digital Room, the Opera "Il Giustino" by Antonio Vivaldi, a work that was premiered in Ecuador on December 03, 04 and 05, 2020 at the Pumapungo theater in within the framework of the Viva Vivaldi Festival, Third Edition.20:00through our digital YouTube and Facebook channels. "Il Giustino" by Antonio Vivaldi; baroque opera (premiere in Ecuador). According to the critic Héctor Coda, in Il Giustino “Vivaldi's art, extremely refined, reaches its peak here by exceptionally bringing human emotions to the dramatic scene. An art that is not made to amuse, but to make you think and shake the emotions of the soul. Love, nobility, hate, perfidy, intrigue or jealousy have a place in Vivaldi's music, which expresses them ineffably..." Listening to an opera from 1724, today, and being able to enjoy it, demands that the listener is immersed as much as possible in the psychology of the listener of that time.Surely, the public of the baroque era was more willing than today, to identify with the passions and interactions that united characters, text, music and images. This was due to the fact that the spectator of the 18th century, not conditioned as we are by a thousand media influences, preserved an almost “childish” purity in listening, which not only allowed him to appreciate the music, but also to associate it emotionally with the events that unfolded. . Opera was also a popular means of learning about exotic countries and heroes, as well as historical events. "ll Giustino" is an opera with a historical setting, set in Byzantium, in which relevant political figures appear, as well as other allegorical ones. Denied love is the cause of a war, and it is in this context that the protagonist, Giustino, appears. At first he is asleep in a bucolic and rural place, dreaming of the glory and power that the goddess Fortuna has promised him. The allegorical character appears with the well-known theme of La Primavera, an example of the skillful businessman that Vivaldi was. He is soon given Giustino's first contact with royalty, when he saves the emperor's sister from a bear. Giustino later shows his worth again, in this case saving Empress Arianna from a sea monster. Finally, misunderstandings, jealousy and greed turn against Giustino, but he ends up triumphing over love and the rule of the just. The last scene puts the final point with the chorus "Doppo i nembi e le procelle il sereno appare al fin" (After storms and floods the serene finally appears), in the form of a chaconne in C major and C minor. We invite our wonderful audiences to visit the Digital Room on YouTube Well known, from La Primavera, an example of the skillful businessman that Vivaldi was. Giustino's first contact with royalty soon follows, when he saves the emperor's sister from a bear. Giustino later shows his worth again, in this case saving Empress Arianna from a sea monster. Finally, misunderstandings, jealousy and greed turn against Giustino, but he ends up triumphing over love and the rule of the just. The last scene puts the final point with the chorus "Doppo i nembi e le procelle il sereno appare al fin" (After storms and floods the serene finally appears), in the form of a chaconne in C major and C minor. We invite our wonderful audiences to visit the Digital Room on YouTube Well known, from La Primavera, an example of the skillful businessman that Vivaldi was. Giustino's first contact with royalty soon follows, when he saves the emperor's sister from a bear. Giustino later shows his worth again, in this case saving Empress Arianna from a sea monster. Finally, misunderstandings, jealousy and greed turn against Giustino, but he ends up triumphing over love and the rule of the just. The last scene puts the final point with the chorus "Doppo i nembi e le procelle il sereno appare al fin" (After storms and floods the serene finally appears), in the form of a chaconne in C major and C minor. We invite our wonderful audiences to visit the Digital Room on YouTube Giustino's first contact with royalty soon follows, when he saves the emperor's sister from a bear. Giustino later shows his worth again, in this case saving Empress Arianna from a sea monster. Finally, misunderstandings, jealousy and greed turn against Giustino, but he ends up triumphing over love and the rule of the just. The last scene puts the final point with the chorus "Doppo i nembi e le procelle il sereno appare al fin" (After storms and floods the serene finally appears), in the form of a chaconne in C major and C minor. We invite our wonderful audiences to visit the Digital Room on YouTube Giustino's first contact with royalty soon follows, when he saves the emperor's sister from a bear. Giustino later shows his worth again, in this case saving Empress Arianna from a sea monster. Finally, misunderstandings, jealousy and greed turn against Giustino, but he ends up triumphing over love and the rule of the just. The last scene puts the final point with the chorus "Doppo i nembi e le procelle il sereno appare al fin" (After storms and floods the serene finally appears), in the form of a chaconne in C major and C minor. We invite our wonderful audiences to visit the Digital Room on YouTube in this case saving Empress Arianna from a sea monster. Finally, misunderstandings, jealousy and greed turn against Giustino, but he ends up triumphing over love and the rule of the just. The last scene puts the final point with the chorus "Doppo i nembi e le procelle il sereno appare al fin" (After storms and floods the serene finally appears), in the form of a chaconne in C major and C minor. We invite our wonderful audiences to visit the Digital Room on YouTube in this case saving Empress Arianna from a sea monster. Finally, misunderstandings, jealousy and greed turn against Giustino, but he ends up triumphing over love and the rule of the just. The last scene puts the final point with the chorus "Doppo i nembi e le procelle il sereno appare al fin" (After storms and floods the serene finally appears), in the form of a chaconne in C major and C minor. We invite our wonderful audiences to visit the Digital Room on YouTube (After storms and floods the serene finally appears), in the form of a chaconne in C major and C minor. We invite our wonderful audiences to visit the Digital Room on YouTube (After storms and floods the serene finally appears), in the form of a chaconne in C major and C minor. We invite our wonderful audiences to visit the Digital Room on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/user/sinfonic...and Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/sinfonicacuencain which so far we have 40 beautiful concerts for all tastes that you can enjoy and share from anywhere on the planet at the time and times you want. Digital brochure:https://bit.ly/2JKyOpH

Giustino Vivaldi

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Justin

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