In 1708 his astonishing skill in verse improvisation attracted the attention of gian vincenzo gravina, a man of letters who. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Pietro metastasio 3 january 1698 12 april 1782 was a poet from italy. Pages in category metastasio, pietrolibrettist the following 200 pages are in this category, out of 468. Didone abbandonata confronto tra virgilio e metastasio duration.
Niccolo jommelli aversa 1714 napoli 1774 dramma per musica in 3 atti, libretto pietro metastasio performed by. Metastasio, pietro didone abbandonata dai melodrammi. Didone abbandonata, d510 hyperion records cds, mp3 and. The text is taken from didone abbandonata, a full length metastasio opera libretto from 1724. Didone abbandonata is a setting by leonardo vinci of the libretto didone abbandonata by metastasio first set to music by domenico sarro in 1724. The opera premiered on 1 february 1724 at the teatro san bartolomeo in naples. Didone abbandonata is an opera libretto in three acts by pietro metastasio. Under the title of didone abbandonata she now interprets opera arias and cantatas for cpo, some of them with strings, others with continuo, by niccolo jommelli giovanni ristori, johann adolph hasse, nicola antonio porpora, and other composers.
Niccolo jommelli 17141774 didone abbandonata, cantata for soprano, strings and basso continuo soprano. Pietro metastasio simple english wikipedia, the free. This aria comes at the end of a scene where the queen of carthage, after a long dialogue with aeneas, begs him to stay with her despite his decision to leave. His real name was antonio domenico bonaventura trapassi. For many years he was the poet laureate for the holy roman emperor in vienna. The soprano nicole heaston and the countertenor vince yi, who delighted audiences last year as a perfect couple in alcina. Title dramma per musica in tre atti composer traetta, tommaso. He is most famous for his librettos the story and words for operas. Opere del signor abate pietro metastasio internet archive.
Title drama per musica da rappresentarsi nel teatro di san bartolomeo, nel carnevale dellanno 1724. Lupina, pietro metastasio, catterina gabrielli, venanzio rauzzini, signor onofrio, adriana ferraresi del bene, et al. Didone abbandonata sarro, domenico natale movementssections movtssecs. The opera consists of three acts, and the libretto is based upon the wellknown story of dido and aeneas. Italian contributor names adolfati, andrea 1721 or 17221760 composer. Libretto di pietro metastasio prima rappresentazione. Leonardo vinci 1690 1730 didone abbandonata dramma per musica in 3 acts libretto by pietro metastasio available on cd and dvd. The opera was accompanied by the intermezzo limpresario delle isole canarie, also by metastasio. Didone abbandonata is perhaps the first opera seria to adopt a tragico fine, as opposed to lieto fine, with the suicide of queen dido in the final act. Ravishing this is how the neue zurcher zeitung described her very special voice.
The only reason i didnt give this box set five stars is because of my disappointment that it lacks the metastasio libretto. Autorip is available only for eligible cds and vinyl sold by amazon eu sarl but does not apply to gift orders or primenow orders. Didone abbandonata vinci, leonardo movementssections movtssecs. My operatic italian is improving slowly but i still have to rely on either libretti or subtitles. Libretto di pietro metastasio 1742, adattado per il conte francesco algarotti 1743. Didone abbandonata pietro metastasio, 1742 duration. Didone abbandonata tragedia di pietro metastasio poeta di s. Domenico natale sarro 1679 1744 didone abbandonata. It was premiered at the teatro delle dame for the 1726 carnival season in rome recording.
Didone abbandonata dido abandoned is an opera in three acts composed by domenico sarro to a libretto by pietro metastasio, which was based on the story. Didone abbandonata new hdtracks the worlds greatest. Pietro antonio domenico buonaventura metastasio, pietro antonio domenico trapassi, pedro matastasio, metastase, antonio domenico bonaventura trapassi, pietro antonio trapassi gallastri, p. Pietro metastasio 16981782 fired up with ambition, into scenes of death and violence i charge to win new laurels. Didone abbandonata mercadante, saverio movementssections movtssecs. Content is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike 4.
Albinonis music now lost was set to pietro metastasio s libretto, didone abbandonata, which was in turn based on the story of dido and aeneas from the fourth book of virgils aeneid. The opera was first performed in the winter of 1762 in copenhagen, and was composed especially for the danish court of the time. It was his first original work and was set to music by domenico sarro in 1724. The opera premiered on 26 december 1724 at the teatro san cassiano in venice and was the first time that an. Hasses arias are the predecessor of the rococo style galant. Didone abbandonata dido abandoned was an opera in three acts composed by tomaso albinoni. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Teatro san moise librettist pietro metastasio 16981782 language italian composer time.
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