| La Salustia | |
|---|---|
| Opera seria by G. B. Pergolesi | |
 Title page of the libretto | |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Alessandro Severo by Apostolo Zeno |
| Premiere | |
La Salustia is a 1732 opera (dramma per musica) in three acts by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi to a revised text, possibly by Sebastiano Morelli, after Apostolo Zeno's famous 1716 libretto Alessandro Severo, which was also later adapted by Handel.[1] The production was marred when the leading man Nicolo Grimaldi "Nicolini" fell fatally ill before the performance and an inexperienced substitute Gioacchino Conti "Gizziello" had to be called in at the last minute. La Salustia was Pergolesi's first opera seria. The story is based on the life of the Roman emperor Alexander Severus and his wife Sallustia Orbiana.
- ^ Julie Ann Sadie, Companion to Baroque Music p.75