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, but 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
Template:HsLa contadina in corte	dramma giocoso per musica	3 acts	Template:HsNiccolò Tassi	Template:Hs1763	Venice, Teatro San Moisè
Template:HsLa finta semplice	dramma giocoso	3 acts	Template:HsPasquale Mililotti	Template:Hsspring 1772	Bologna, Formagliari
Template:HsL'idolo cinese	dramma giocoso	3 acts	Template:HsGiovanni Battista Lorenzi	Template:Hs28 December 1773	Venice, Teatro San Samuele
Template:HsIl conte Baccellone	dramma giocoso	3 acts	Template:HsMarco Coltellini, from La contessina by Carlo Goldoni	Template:Hsautumn 1774	Venice, Teatro San Moisè
Template:HsI cavalieri lunatici	farsa	3 acts		Template:Hsautumn 1774	Venice, San Cassiano
Template:HsL'amor bizzaro	dramma giocoso	3 acts	Template:HsGiovanni Bertati	Template:Hscarnival 1775	Venice, Teatro San Moisè
Template:HsLi due amanti in inganno (Acts 1 & 3, act 2 by Template:Interlanguage link multi)	dramma giocoso	3 acts		Template:Hscarnival 1775	Venice, San Cassiano
Alessandro nelle Indie	dramma per musica	3 acts	Metastasio	Template:HsAscension 1775	Venice, Teatro San Samuele
Template:HsIl baron in terra asciuta	dramma giocoso	Template:Hs8 scenes		Template:Hs26 December 1775	Venice, Teatro San Samuele
Template:HsIl Socrate immaginario	dramma giocoso	Template:Hs15 scenes	Template:HsGiovanni Battista Lorenzi	Template:Hscarnival 1776	Venice, Teatro San Samuele
Calliroe	dramma per musica	3 acts	Template:HsMattia Verazi	Template:HsJune 1776	Padua, Nuovo
Template:HsIl Giove di Creta	dramma giocoso	3 acts		Template:Hsautumn 1776	Venice, San Cassiano
Template:HsLi due protetti	dramma giocoso	2 acts	Template:HsPier Antonio Bagliacca	Template:Hs26 December 1776	Venice, Teatro San Moisè
Template:HsIl Parnaso confuso	festa teatrale	1 act	Metastasio	Template:Hs17 May 1778	Salzburg, Hof
Vologeso, re de' Parti	dramma per musica	2 acts	Template:HsA Zeno	Template:Hs28 December 1778	Venice, Teatro San Benedetto
Template:HsIl talismano (Act 2, Act 3) (Act 1 by Antonio Salieri)	dramma giocoso	3 acts	Template:HsCarlo Goldoni	Template:Hs21 August 1779	Milan
Template:HsL'isola capricciosa	dramma giocoso	2 acts	Template:HsCaterino Mazzolà	Template:Hscarnival 1780	Venice, Teatro San Samuele
Template:HsGli antiquari in Palmira	commedia per musica	3 acts	Template:HsGiuseppe Carpani	Template:Hsautumn 1780	Milan, Teatro alla Scala
Demofoonte	dramma per musica	3 acts	Metastasio	Template:Hsautumn 1780	Florence, Pergola
Template:HsIl castellano deluso				Template:Hscarnival 1781	Parma, Ducale
Artaserse	dramma per musica	3 acts	Metastasio	Template:Hsautumn 1781	Perugia, Civico
Adriano in Siria	dramma per musica	3 acts	Metastasio	Template:Hs26 December 1781	Turin, Teatro Regio
Template:HsL'incognita fortunata	farsa	1 act	Template:HsG. Ciliberti	Template:Hssummer 1782	Naples, Fondo
Template:HsL'incontri inaspettati				Template:HsFebruary 1783	Rome, Capranica
Template:HsLa caccia d'Enrico IV	dramma giocoso	2 acts	Template:HsA. Dian	Template:Hsautumn 1783	Venice, Teatro San Moisè
Template:HsIl marito indolente	dramma giocoso	2 acts	Template:HsCaterino Mazzolà	Template:Hs1784	Vienna, Hoftheater
Berenice	dramma per musica	3 acts	Template:HsJacopo Durandi	Template:Hscarnival 1786	Parma

References

• Bauman, Thomas and Hintermaier, Ernst (1992), "Rust, Giacomo" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) Template:ISBN

External links

• Free scores by Giacomo Rust at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)