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Giacomo Rust

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Also known as Giacomo Rusti

Italian composer

Person · Open Library

Born
1741
Died
1786
Works
20

Top works

  • L'incontri inaspettati o sia l'idolo a forza
  • Vologeso
  • Gli Antiquari in Palmira
  • Il baron di Terra Asciuta
  • L'isola capricciosa

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Italy
Active from
1741
Active to
1786

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
24
Total plays
204

Tags

italian18th centuryclassical period

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

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Works in European collections

3 objects attributed to Giacomo Rust, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Available in 8 languages

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