Giacomo Rust


Giacomo Rust or Rusti 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
La contadina in cortedramma giocoso per musica3 actsNiccolò Tassi1763Venice, Teatro San Moisè
La finta semplicedramma giocoso3 actsPasquale Mililottispring 1772Bologna, Formagliari
L'idolo cinesedramma giocoso3 actsGiovanni Battista LorenziVenice, Teatro San Samuele
Il conte Baccellonedramma giocoso3 actsMarco Coltellini, from La contessina by Carlo Goldoniautumn 1774Venice, Teatro San Moisè
I cavalieri lunaticifarsa3 actsautumn 1774Venice, San Cassiano
L'amor bizzarodramma giocoso3 actsGiovanni Bertaticarnival 1775Venice, Teatro San Moisè
Li due amanti in inganno
dramma giocoso3 actscarnival 1775Venice, San Cassiano
Alessandro nelle Indiedramma per musica3 actsMetastasioAscension 1775Venice, Teatro San Samuele
Il baron in terra asciutadramma giocoso8 scenes26 December 1775Venice, Teatro San Samuele
Il Socrate immaginariodramma giocoso15 scenesGiovanni Battista Lorenzicarnival 1776Venice, Teatro San Samuele
Calliroedramma per musica3 actsMattia VeraziJune 1776Padua, Nuovo
Il Giove di Cretadramma giocoso3 actsautumn 1776Venice, San Cassiano
Li due protettidramma giocoso2 actsPier Antonio Bagliacca26 December 1776Venice, Teatro San Moisè
Il Parnaso confusafesta teatrale1 actMetastasio17 May 1778Salzburg, Hof
Vologeso, re de' Partidramma per musica2 actsA Zeno28 December 1778Venice, Teatro San Benedetto
Il talismano dramma giocoso3 actsCarlo Goldoni21 August 1779Milan
L'isola capricciosadramma giocoso2 actsCaterino Mazzolàcarnival 1780Venice, Teatro San Samuele
Gli antiquari in Palmiracommedia per musica3 actsGiuseppe Carpaniautumn 1780Milan, Teatro alla Scala
Demofoontedramma per musica3 actsMetastasioautumn 1780Florence, Pergola
Il castellano delusocarnival 1781Parma, Ducale
Artasersedramma per musica3 actsMetastasioautumn 1781Perugia, Civico
Adriano in Siriadramma per musica3 actsMetastasio26 December 1781Turin, Teatro Regio
L'incognita fortunatafarsa1 actG. Cilibertisummer 1782Naples, Fondo
L'incontri inaspettatiFebruary 1783Rome, Capranica
La caccia d'Enrico IVdramma giocoso2 actsA. Dianautumn 1783Venice, Teatro San Moisè
Il marito indolentedramma giocoso2 actsCaterino Mazzolà1784Vienna, Hoftheater
Berenicedramma per musica3 actsJacopo Durandicarnival 1786Parma