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act 1
While at court are being held celebrations for the coronation of the new Emperor Anastasius and his marriage to Ariadne, comes the news that the troops of the invading enemy Vitaliano have crossed the Bosphorus. The ambassador of these Polidarte arrives at the palace carrying offensive conditions of peace, among which is also included on the granting of the hand of Ariadne to his sovereign. Anastasio vehemently denies the proposed Polidarte and part to meet the enemy, followed dall'indomita Arianna who is determined to share their fate on the field.
In the countryside, the young farmer Justin falls asleep vagheggiando military glory and appears in a dream the goddess Fortuna (announced by a '' cheerful symphony "which incorporates the melody of the first movement of the concerto Spring), she promises him laurels, throne and glory if he will be able to face his destiny ardimentosamente. Just woke up and was determined to follow the instructions of the goddess, Justin has been an opportunity to show off saving you from a bear the emperor's sister, Leocasta, who, impressed by the value and also by the beauty of the young man, invited him to follow her at court, where he is also under the guise of female Flavia, self-styled princess fugitive's brother, Vitaliano, Andronicus, who is in love with Leocasta.
While Justin, thanks to the good offices of the emperor's sister, has become soldiers under the command of Anastasio and left for the field, singing his first heroic air, on the other side of the fence Vitaliano failed to make the prisoner improvident Arianna, which resists but scornful all his amorous advances and is therefore doomed to be tied on a rock and fed to a sea monster. The act closes with the sad and tender farewell song of the girl.
Act II
During a storm, the ship carrying Anastasius and Justin is shipwrecked on a deserted beach, and while Anastasio mourns the lost Ariadne, the two put themselves in search of shelter. A terrible monster rises from the waters and then head towards the poor and shackled Ariadne, the echo of which, however, desperate cries reach up to Justin, who rushes to confront and kill the monster. Anastasio and Arianna are so united and everyone can go back to sea as a result of the calming of the storm. When Vitaliano, repentant, comes in search of Ariadne, found only the body of the monster and then intends to win the girl's heart through his sincere repentance.
A palace Arianna tries to recover from mishaps that have happened, assisted by Leocasta, when Anastasio, surrounded by laurels, announcing his victory and the capture of Vitaliano, and publicly praising the great value of Justin, who has been instrumental in the win and who gets to get back on the field to finish the job. Its fortunes, however, arouse the envy of the general courtier and traitor, Amanzio, who decides to use against him the weapon of slander, suggesting that the young man to Anastasio has designs on the throne and on the same Arianna. The emperor, first of all in disbelief, begins to be consumed with doubt when Arianna weaves before him rave reviews of his alleged rival. Meanwhile Leocasta and Flavia / Andronicus decide to dress up as soldiers to follow Justin at the camp, but when the road turns to the Princess Flavia and try to force it favors. Leocasta is saved by Justin and the two declare their love for each other. The act ends "with an air of heroic [Justin] accompanied by strings and solo dulcimer, perhaps intended for a virtuoso of the instrument and for a very particular type of psaltery". [1]
Act III
While Vitaliano and his soldiers managed to escape from captivity Byzantine Anastasius is definitely won by jealousy note when Justin wear a belt that he had donated to Arianna, and then the girl had in turn offered to the young victorious, as a reward for its value. Justin is sentenced to death and Ariane accused of adultery; Leocasta, for its part, decided to liberate the young or die with him.
Taking advantage of the downfall of Justin, Amanzio decides the fate groped and dethroned and imprisoned Anastasio, taking his place on the throne. Leocasta but manages to escape her beloved, who has fallen asleep in a wild and mountainous, is, however, subsequently surprised in his sleep by Vitaliano: this is about to kill him, even for the intervention of the otherworldly voice of his father, recognizes Justin in a lost brother, who was kidnapped by a tiger in a baby cot. The two embrace and Vitaliano agrees to help Justin get his throne back to the deposed Anastasius.
In the imperial palace, Amanzio condemns his unfortunate predecessor and Arianna to the most cruel tortures, when a sound of trumpets and the shouts of the crowd announce the arrival of armed Justin and Vitaliano. Amanzio is defeated and captured, Anastasio returned to the throne and the love of Ariadne, Vitaliano recognized as a friend, while Justin gets his hand Leocasta and his coronation as co-emperor alongside Anastasio, "and they all find themselves in a joyful final chorus in the form of ciaccona ".
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