Difference between revisions of "Alto Giove"

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The Aria opens Act III, Scene 5. The Stage direction reads: {{lang|it|"S'apre la rupe: vedesi la sorgente d'un fiume. Aci, nume del medesimo, appoggiato sull'urna e detti."}} ("The cliff opens: we see the source of a river. Aci, deity of the same, leaning on the urn, and the former.")<ref name="Libretti"/>

The Aria opens Act III, Scene 5. The Stage direction reads: {{lang|it|"S'apre la rupe: vedesi la sorgente d'un fiume. Aci, nume del medesimo, appoggiato sull'urna e detti."}} ("The cliff opens: we see the source of a river. Aci, deity of the same, leaning on the urn, and the former.")<ref name="Libretti"/>

Translator's Commentary: It is likely that the character Acis (Italian: {{lang|it|Aci}}) does not address the same person in part A as he does in part B, for several reasons.<p>

Translator's Commentary: It is likely that the character Acis (Italian: {{lang|it|Aci}}) does not address the same person in part A as he does in part B, for several reasons.<p>

For one, the libretto itself suggests it; to praise to Jove's beauty seems an unlikely thing to do. Second: The libretto exists in two versions, likely mirroring two sets of performances. One does have "Alto Giove" as well as "Nell'attendere"<ref name="Libretti"/>, the other does not. As it seems unlikely that Porpora would cut two hit-pieces from the opera and replace "Alto Giove" with a duet, the theory that the shorter libretto is the later one is disputable.<ref name="Wiki"/>.<p>

For one, the libretto itself suggests it; to praise to Jove's beauty seems an unlikely thing to do. Second: The libretto exists in two versions, likely mirroring two sets of performances. One does have "Alto Giove" as well as "Nell'attendere"<ref name="Libretti"/>, the other does not. As it seems unlikely that Porpora would cut two hit-pieces from the opera and replace "Alto Giove" with a duet, the theory that the shorter libretto is the later one is disputable.<ref name="Wiki"/>.<p>