Giacomo Rust
Giacomo Rust or Rusti (1741 in Rome, Italy – 1786 in Barcelona, Spain) was an Italian opera composer, probably of German ancestry.
Not a great deal is known about Rust. Between 1763 and 1777, Rust was active in Venice, where his first opera, a dramma giocoso, La contadina in corte, to a libretto by Niccolò Tassi, was performed in 1763. During this period, Rust acquired great fame as opera composer, not only in Italy, buy also abroad, which gained him an invitation to be employed in the service of the archbishop of Salzburg. On 12 June 1777, he was named a choir master at the Salzburg court, a post that he abandoned towards the end of the year. Some time later, Rust returned to Venice to continue his operatic activity. In 1783, he settled down in Barcelona, where he assumed the office of the Maestro de capilla.
Works
The following is the list of the operas composed by Rust.
| Title | Genre | Subdivisions | Libretto | Première date | Place, theatre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| contadinaLa contadina in corte | dramma giocoso per musica | 3 acts | TassiNiccolò Tassi | 1763-00-001763 | Venice, Teatro San Moisè |
| fintaLa finta semplice | dramma giocoso | 3 acts | MililottiPasquale Mililotti | 1772-03-00spring 1772 | Bologna, Formagliari |
| idoloL'idolo cinese | dramma giocoso | 3 acts | LorenziGiovanni Battista Lorenzi | 1773-12-2828 December 1773 | Venice, Teatro San Samuele |
| conteIl conte Baccellone | dramma giocoso | 3 acts | ColtelliniMarco Coltellini, from La contessina by Carlo Goldoni | 1774-09-91autumn 1774 | Venice, Teatro San Moisè |
| cavalieriI cavalieri lunatici | farsa | 3 acts | 1774-09-92autumn 1774 | Venice, San Cassiano | |
| amorL'amor bizzaro | dramma giocoso | 3 acts | BertatiGiovanni Bertati | 1775-03-91carnival 1775 | Venice, Teatro San Moisè |
| due amantiLi due amanti in inganno (Acts 1 & 3, act 2 by Matteo Rauzzini) | dramma giocoso | 3 acts | 1775-03-92carnival 1775 | Venice, San Cassiano | |
| Alessandro nelle Indie | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Metastasio | 1775-05-99Ascension 1775 | Venice, Teatro San Samuele |
| baronIl baron in terra asciuta | dramma giocoso | 0.088 scenes | 1775-12-2626 December 1775 | Venice, Teatro San Samuele | |
| SocrateIl Socrate immaginario | dramma giocoso | 0.1515 scenes | LorenziGiovanni Battista Lorenzi | 1776-03-00carnival 1776 | Venice, Teatro San Samuele |
| Calliroe | dramma per musica | 3 acts | VeraziMattia Verazi | 1776-06-00June 1776 | Padua, Nuovo |
| GioveIl Giove di Creta | dramma giocoso | 3 acts | 1776-09-00autumn 1776 | Venice, San Cassiano | |
| due protettiLi due protetti | dramma giocoso | 2 acts | BagliaccaPier Antonio Bagliacca | 1776-12-2626 December 1776 | Venice, Teatro San Moisè |
| Parnaso confusaIl Parnaso confusa | festa teatrale | 1 act | Metastasio | 1778-05-1717 May 1778 | Salzburg, Hof |
| Vologeso, re de' Parti | dramma per musica | 2 acts | ZenoA Zeno | 1778-12-2828 December 1778 | Venice, Teatro San Benedetto |
| talismanoIl talismano (Act 2, Act 3) (Act 1 by Antonio Salieri) | dramma giocoso | 3 acts | GoldoniCarlo Goldoni | 1779-08-2121 August 1779 | Milan |
| isolaL'isola capricciosa | dramma giocoso | 2 acts | MazzolaCaterino Mazzolà | 1780-03-00carnival 1780 | Venice, Teatro San Samuele |
| antiquariGli antiquari in Palmira | commedia per musica | 3 acts | CarpaniGiuseppe Carpani | 1780-09-91autumn 1780 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| Demofoonte | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Metastasio | 1780-09-92autumn 1780 | Florence, Pergola |
| castellanoIl castellano deluso | 1781-03-00carnival 1781 | Parma, Ducale | |||
| Artaserse | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Metastasio | 1781-09-00autumn 1781 | Perugia, Civico |
| Adriano in Siria | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Metastasio | 1781-12-2626 December 1781 | Turin, Teatro Regio |
| incognitaL'incognita fortunata | farsa | 1 act | CilibertiG. Ciliberti | 1782-06-00summer 1782 | Naples, Fondo |
| incontriL'incontri inaspettati | 1783-02-00February 1783 | Rome, Capranica | |||
| cacciaLa caccia d'Enrico IV | dramma giocoso | 2 acts | DianA. Dian | 1783-09-00autumn 1783 | Venice, Teatro San Moisè |
| maritoIl marito indolente | dramma giocoso | 2 acts | MazzolaCaterino Mazzolà | 1784-00-001784 | Vienna, Hoftheater |
| Berenice | dramma per musica | 3 acts | DurandiJacopo Durandi | 1786-03-00carnival 1786 | Parma |
References
- Bauman, Thomas and Hintermaier, Ernst (1992), "Rust, Giacomo" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7