Giovanni Legrenzi:
Il Giustino, Venezia 1683

Very detailed preface by the musicologist and Legrenzi expert Dr. Rudolf Bossard.

It contains everything worth knowing about the sources, the different versions and the libretto of the opera, places the work in the context of opera history and discusses Legrenzi’s compositional style.

Finally, the text contains information about performance practice in Venetian opera houses in the 17th century.