L'olimpiade (Pietro Metastasio)
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| L'olimpiade | |
|---|---|
| opera seria by Antonio Caldara, Antonio Vivaldi, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, etc. | |
 Title page of a 1764 translation of the libretto, Vienna[1] | |
| Translation | dt.: Olympisches Jahrfest |
| Librettist | Pietro Metastasio |
| Language | Italian |
| Premiere | August 30, 1733 Wien |
L'olimpiade is an operatic libretto by Pietro Metastasio It was first set to music by Antonio Caldara and the opera premiered in Vienna on 30 August 1733.[2] The two more versions that immediately followed are the ones a modern listener might be most familiar with: Antonio Vivaldi's L'olimpiade as well as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's.
Subsequently, L'olimpiade was set to music more than 60 times - the last noted one being an unfinished project by Gaetano Donizetti.[3] When Mozart wrote his concert aria KV512 "Alcandro, Io confesso ... Non sò d'onde viene" in 1787, using Clisthene's Aria from Act III Scene VI, he could count on his audience's familiarity with the topic.[4]
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External links
- "Booklet Caldara in Vienna" (PDF). Idagio. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- "Progetto Metastasio". Landing Page. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- "L'olimpiade (Metastasio)". Wikiwand. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- "Pietro Casati". Quell'usignolo. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Das olympische Jahrsfest, ein Singspiel, vorgestellet auf der privilegirten Schaubühne nächst der kaiserl. Burg im Jahr 1764. In das Deutsche übertragen von J. A. E. v. G. Vienna: Gehlen, 1764.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "L'olimpiade (Metastasio)". Wikiwand. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "L'olimpiade (Metastasio)". Wikipedia. Archived from the original on 6 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "List of concert arias, songs and canons by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart". Wikipedia. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
- ↑ "L'olimpiade". Jan Billingto, Aris Christoffelis. Archived from the original on 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ↑ Metastasio, Pietro (1733). L'olimpiade. Pasquino. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "Progetto Metastasio". Landing Page. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "Caldara, Antonio, 1670c-1736, Manuscript". RISM OPAC. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ↑ Olympisches Jahr-Fest. Welsch-gesungener vorgestellet. Von Antonio Caldara in Music verfasset. Vienna: Ghelen, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. 1733.