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| title = Cieche tenebre | | title = Cieche tenebre | ||
| english-title = | | english-title = | ||
| composer = | | composer = [[Francesco Cavalli]] | ||
| lyricist = | | lyricist = [[Nicolò Minato]] | ||
| work = | | work = [[Magno Pompeo]] | ||
| catalogue = | | catalogue = | ||
| role = | | role = Sesto | ||
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Foschi horror ; | Foschi horror ; | ||
Nè mai suelino <nowiki>*</nowiki> | Nè mai suelino <nowiki>*</nowiki> | ||
Quest'Amor.</poem> | Quest'Amor.}}</poem><div class="footnotes"><poem>''Source: Libretto, 1666, | ||
<nowiki>*</nowiki>) "suelino" → "svelino"; v and u are | Library of Congress''<ref name="Libretto2"/> | ||
}} | <nowiki>*</nowiki>) "suelino" → "svelino"; | ||
{{Libretti | v and u are used interchangeably.</poem></div> | ||
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| country =Italy | | country =Italy | ||
| language-note =Modernized Italian | | language-note =Modernized Italian | ||
| libretto-text ={{lang|it|Cieche tenebre | | libretto-text =<poem>{{lang|it|Cieche tenebre | ||
Apprestatemi | Apprestatemi | ||
Denso vel. | Denso vel. | ||
Occultatemi | |||
Anco al ciel. | Anco al ciel. | ||
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Foschi horror ; | Foschi horror ; | ||
Nè mai svelino | Nè mai svelino | ||
Quest'amor.</poem> | Quest'amor.}}</poem> | ||
}}{{Clear|left}} | }}{{Clear|left}} | ||
{{Libretti | {{Libretti | ||
| country =United Kingdom | | country =United Kingdom | ||
| language-note = | | language-note = | ||
| libretto-text =<poem></poem> | | libretto-text =<poem>Sightless shadows | ||
Lend me | |||
Your dense vel. | |||
Hide me | |||
Even from the heavens. | |||
With silent shadows | |||
Conceal me | |||
Misty horrors; | |||
Let them never reveal | |||
This love.<ref name="FR"/></poem> | |||
}} | }} | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
{{Clear|left}} | {{Clear|left}} | ||
==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== | ==Sources== | ||
Free Libretto: | Free Libretto: | ||
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{{Reflist|refs= | {{Reflist|refs= | ||
<ref name="FR">English translation by FR, 2021</ref> | |||
<ref name="Worldcat">{{cite web | <ref name="Worldcat">{{cite web | ||
|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/pompeo-magno/oclc/21785313 | |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/pompeo-magno/oclc/21785313 | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
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{{cite book | {{cite book | ||
|last=Cavalli | |last=Cavalli |
Latest revision as of 01:04, 9 November 2021
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.