Cieche tenebre
Pompeo Magno | |
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Dramma per musica by Francesco Cavalli | |
English | Pompeius Magnus |
Libretto | Nicolò Minato |
Language | Italian |
Dedication | Dedicato a Madama Illustrissima & Eccellentissima D. Maria Mancini COlonna, Prencipessa Romana, Duchessa di Tagliacozzo, &cc. |
Premiere | |
Date | 20 February 1666[1] |
Location | Teatro San Salvatore, Venezia |
"Cieche tenebre" is an aria from the opera Pompeo Magno (also Il Pompeo Magno) by Francesco Cavalli and a libretto by Nicolò Minato. The opera premiered at the Teatro San Salvatore in Venice on 20 February 1666.[2]
It appears on the following album:
Year | Album | Ensemble |
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2017 (recorded) | Ombra mai fu (Album) | Ensemble Artaserse |
Libretto
from Magno Pompeo
Francesco Cavalli (music), Nicolò Minato (words)
Ancient Italian | |
Cieche tenebre Source: Libretto, 1666, |
Modernized Italian | |
Cieche tenebre |
Sightless shadows |
Context
Sesto is in love with Issicratea, the Queen of Ponto – and he mustn't show it. Finally wanting to confess his love, he begs the shadows to aid his plan.
Sources
Free Libretto:
- Libretto at the Bayrische Staatsbibliothek
- Minato, Niccolò. Pompeo Magno: Drama per musica. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: Nicolini, 1666. p. 86. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.[5]
- Libretto at the Library of Congress (lower quality but better clipping of the pages)
- Cavalli, Pier Francesco. Pompeo magno : drama per musica : nel Teatro à S. Saluatore per l'anno 1666. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: Per Francesco Nicolini in Spadaria, In Venetia, 1666, monographic. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- dedicato a madama illustriss. & Eccellentiss. D. Maria Mancini Colonna, prencipessa romana, duchessa di Tagliacozzo, & c., ML48 [S1732]
- Microfilm Music 1854, reel 36. Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [197-]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.[3]
Manuscript:
- Microfilm copy at Harvard University, Royal Danish Library Kopenhagen, etc.
- "Pompeo Magno". WorldCat. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.[6]
References
- ↑ "Pompeo Magno". Wikipedia. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ↑ Salvioli, Giovanni. I teatri musicali di Venezia nel Secolo 17. 1637-1700 raccolte ed ordinate da Livio Niso Galvani. Nationale Zentralbibliothek Florenz: Regio Stabilimento Ricordi. p. 193. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cavalli, Pier Francesco. Pompeo magno : drama per musica : nel Teatro à S. Saluatore per l'anno 1666. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: Per Francesco Nicolini in Spadaria, In Venetia, 1666, monographic. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ↑ English translation by FR, 2021
- ↑ Minato, Niccolò. Pompeo Magno: Drama per musica. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: Nicolini, 1666. p. 86. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ↑ "Pompeo Magno". WorldCat. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.