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.

TitleGenreSub­divisionsLibrettoPremière datePlace, 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

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