Difference between revisions of "Alto Giove"

However, even the libretto where an "Alto Giove" exists does not list the B-Part. In the collection of music printed for the devoted audience later, the B-Part seems originally to be missing; it is literally glued on.  

However, even the libretto where an "Alto Giove" exists does not list the B-Part. In the collection of music printed for the devoted audience later, the B-Part seems originally to be missing; it is literally glued on.  

[[File:Part b alto giove.jpg|thumb|alt=B-Part of "Alto Giove"|B-Part of "Alto Giove"<ref name="IMSLP"/>]]

[[File:Part b alto giove.jpg|thumb|alt=B-Part of "Alto Giove"|B-Part of "Alto Giove"<ref name="IMSLP"/>]]

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{{lang|it|"Diva amorosa e bella"}} might be a fond address. As he pleads that Galatea may be restored to him (which excludes her), this leaves one other character, Nerea, who is only existent in the version of the libretto which contains "Alto Giove" – or a different goddess altogether who might have appeared beside Jove.<ref name="Libretti"/> What is a strong agument for it being Nerea is that she appears in the scene before, and that, responding to Galatea's plea to Jove to restore Acis to her, she ushers in Acis's aria with {{lang|it|"T'ascoltò Giove, ed annuì co 'l ciglio."}} ("Jove heard you and nodded.") (FR, 2021)

{{lang|it|"Diva amorosa e bella"}} might be a fond address. As he pleads that Galatea may be restored to him (which excludes her), this leaves one other character, Nerea, who is only existent in the version of the libretto which contains "Alto Giove" – or a different goddess altogether who might have appeared beside Jove.<ref name="Libretti"/> What is a strong agument for it being Nerea is that she appears in the scene before, and that, responding to Galatea's plea to Jove to restore Acis to her, she ushers in Acis's aria with {{lang|it|"T'ascoltò Giove, ed annuì co 'l ciglio."}} ("Jove heard you and nodded.") (FR, 2021)