Anna Giust

Anna Giust is an Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Verona, specializing in Russian operatic repertoire as a lens for interpreting Russian cultural history in relation to Western-European traditions.

• Core research areas: Musical relations between Europe and Russia
• Reception of Italian/French opera in Russia
• Artist mobility in the Russian Empire/Soviet Union
• Slavic literature and comparative literature

Her publications include three monographs (2011, 2014, 2024) and a critical opera edition (2024). Active in teaching Slavic philology, Russian literature, and language courses across multiple degree programs since 2019, she also contributes to research projects like DAIDH 2024 on digital inclusion and music mobility studies.