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| librettist = [[Paolo Rolli]] | | librettist = [[Paolo Rolli]] | ||
| language = Italian | | language = Italian | ||
| based_on = | | based_on = Metamorphoses by Ovid | ||
| premiere_date = {{Start date|1735|02|01}} | | premiere_date = {{Start date|1735|02|01}} | ||
| premiere_location = | | premiere_location = King's Theatre | ||
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'''{{lang|it|Polifemo}}''' (ancient English: Polypheme; modern English: Polyphemus) is an opera in three acts by [[Nicola Antonio Porpora|Nicola Porpora]] with a libretto by [[Paolo Rolli]]. In recent years, the opera has gained new popularity, also due to the aria {{lang|it|"Alto Giove"}}, featured in a pivotal scene of the motion picture Farinelli.<ref name="IMDB"/> | '''{{lang|it|Polifemo}}''' (ancient English: Polypheme; modern English: Polyphemus) is an opera in three acts by [[Nicola Antonio Porpora|Nicola Porpora]] with a libretto by [[Paolo Rolli]]. In recent years, the opera has gained new popularity, also due to the aria {{lang|it|"[[Alto Giove]]"}}, featured in a pivotal scene of the motion picture Farinelli.<ref name="IMDB"/> Polifemo was [[Farinelli]]'s London debut.<ref name="Treccani"/> | ||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
The opera combines two mythological stories involving the cyclops Polyphemus: His killing of Acis and his blinding by Ulysses.<p> | The opera combines two mythological stories involving the cyclops Polyphemus: His killing of Acis and his blinding by Ulysses.<p> | ||
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! Year | ! Year | ||
! Title | |||
! Album | ! Album | ||
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| 2013 | | 2013 | ||
| [[Alto Giove]] | |||
|[[Farinelli – Porpora Arias]] | |[[Farinelli – Porpora Arias]] | ||
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! Year first performed | ! Year first performed | ||
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| | | 2013 | ||
| | | [[Alto Giove]] | ||
| [[Farinelli – Porpora Arias]] | |||
| 1735 | | 1735 | ||
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|access-date={{date|2021-10-2|MDY}} | |access-date={{date|2021-10-2|MDY}} | ||
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|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/nicola-antonio-giacinto-porpora_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/ | |||
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183108/https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/nicola-antonio-giacinto-porpora_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ | |||
|title=PORPORA, Nicola Antonio Giacinto | |||
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|access-date={{date|2021-10-04|DMY}} | |||
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[[Category:Operas]] | |||
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[[Category:18th-century music]] | |||
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