Dormi, o fulmine di guerra

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La Giuditta
by Alessandro Scarlatti
Cover of the pinted sheet music of Scarlatti's Cambridge Giuditta
Cover of the pinted sheet music of Scarlatti's Cambridge Giuditta[1]
EnglishJudith
LibrettoAntonio Ottoboni
Premiere
Date1697
LocationRome or Naples

"Dormi, o fulmine di guerra" is an aria from Alessandro Scarlatti's oratorio La Giuditta (1697, also referred to as the Cambridge Giuditta). Written to a libretto by Antonio Ottoboni, it was first performed in Rome or Naples in 1697[2]

Context

Judith's maidservant (nutrice) sings a lullaby for Holofernes (Oloferne). She paints a vivid pretext for it by framing it as what Delilah sings to Samson, lulling him into sleep before she cuts off his hair – all a foreshadowing for the act to follow, where Judith and her maidservant take their fate into their own capable hands.

Antonio Ottoboni – besides being a poet and librettist of the Cambridge Giuditta – was the prince general of the papal army.

Dormi, o fulmine di guerra appears on the following album:

Year Album Ensemble
2020 la Vanità del Mondo (Album) Ensemble Artaserse

Libretto

Dormi, o fulmine di guerra
(Sleep, oh thunderbolt of war)

from  La Giuditta, 1697
Alessandro Scarlatti (music),  Antonio Ottoboni (words)

(Nutrice)


Italy


Recitativo
NUTRICE
Ardea di fiamma impura
per nemica bellezza
Sanson, cui diede il Cielo oltre natura
pregio d'insuperabile fortezza.
Del crine, origin vera
del suo vigor, poté scoprir l'arcano
Dalila lusinghiera.
Armò Parca omicida di forbice la mano,
e perché non ardia
troncar s'ei non dormia
la fatal chioma, gli fè guancial del seno ond'ei dormisse,
la filistea sirena, e così disse:

OLOFERNE
Che racconto funesto!

NUTRICE
Posa, posa, Signor, ch'è lieto il resto.

Aria
Dormi, o fulmine di guerra,
Scorda l'ire.
GIà provasti ch'a ferire
L'arco e 'l dardo
D'un bel ciglio, d'un bel guardo
Han vigor che i forti atterra.

Manuscripts and Libretti

No online manuscript so far!

  • Sheet music:
La Giuditta di Cambridge Partitur"
Komponist/Autor:Alessandro Scarlatti
Verlag:Edizioni de Santis
Verlagsnummer:DS1055
EAN:9990051545906
Bianchi, Lino, ed
Gli oratorii di A. Scarlatti vol.3
Scarlatti, Antonio. "La Giuditta di Cambridge". musica-shop. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2021.[1]
  • Cambridge Giuditta, originally at King's College, Cambridge, UK, Manuscript copy at the Biblioteca Nacional de España
La Giuditta di "Cambridge"; Alessandro Scarlatti; [poesia di Antonio Ottoboni] ;
Place of publication: Roma / Publisher: Edizioni di Santis
Date of publication: 1966 / 1 partitura (XI, 169 p.)
Dimensions: 33 cm / Contributor: Ottoboni, Antonio (1646-1720)
Type of material: Sheet music / Note: based on ms. 205, held at Rowe Music Library, King's College (Cambridge)
Number in series: 3 / Music editor's number E.D.S. 1055
Available copies / Signature: MPREF SCA EDS III
Loacation: Sala Barbieri. Referencia / Sede de Recoletos
"La Giuditta di "Cambridge" ;Alessandro Scarlatti ; [poesia di Antonio Ottoboni] ;". Biblioteca Nacional de España. Archived from the original on October 24, 2021. Retrieved October 24, 2021.[3]
  • Sheet music from "Dormi o fulmine di guerra"
Jonatasmonteiro84 (2020). "Dormi o fulmine di guerra di Alessandro scarlatti". Musescore. Archived from the original on October 1, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Scarlatti, Antonio. "La Giuditta di Cambridge". musica-shop. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  2. "La Giuditta". Wikipedia. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  3. "La Giuditta di "Cambridge" ;Alessandro Scarlatti ; [poesia di Antonio Ottoboni] ;". Biblioteca Nacional de España. Archived from the original on October 24, 2021. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
  4. Jonatasmonteiro84 (2020). "Dormi o fulmine di guerra di Alessandro scarlatti". Musescore. Archived from the original on October 1, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.