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Pasticcio and Pleasure. L’abbandono di Armida (Venice 1729) Cover

Pasticcio and Pleasure. L’abbandono di Armida (Venice 1729)

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|Dec 2021

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Musical example 1

Nicola Porpora, Fin che per te mi palpita, initial ritornello and section A of ‘trill aria’
Nicola Porpora, Fin che per te mi palpita, initial ritornello and section A of ‘trill aria’

Musical example 2

Nicola Porpora, Quel vapor che in valle impura, initial ritornello and section A of the aria
Nicola Porpora, Quel vapor che in valle impura, initial ritornello and section A of the aria

Arias in L’abbandono di Armida (Venice 1729), their performers and sources

SceneIncipitSung byBorrowed from
I,1Pastori cantatecoro?
I,1La fortuna è un pronto ardirTancredi / NicoliniText originally from Il trionfo della Fedeltà (1708) by A. Scarlatti, previously also sung by Nicolini
I,2Che dolce foco in pettoArmida / FachinelliB. Marcello, Arianna
I,3Fin che per te mi palpitaErminia / NegriPorpora, Ezio
I, 4Un certo non sò cheRinaldo / BroschiLeo, Catone in Utica?
I,5Se dalle stelle tu non sei guidaUbaldo / GizziDidone abbandonata, Porpora? owing to Gizzi’s participation
I,6Se d’ira armato vuoi cimentarmiClorinda / GiorgiLeo, Catone in Utica; extended in comparison with the original.
I,8Sò che pietà non haiRinaldo / BroschiLeo, Catone in Utica
II,2Quando saprai chi sonoTancredi / NicoliniDidone abbandonata, Porpora?
II, 3Quel vapor che in valle impuraRinaldo / BroschiPorpora, Semiramide
II,4Bei labbri ch’AmoreUbaldo / GizziVinci, Farnace

In Vinci’s Farnace (Rome 1724) this aria opens with the words Bei labri, but the further structure of the text is different. Nevertheless, it is possible that Vinci’s music was adopted to suit the new words. The pasticcio text of this aria is, however, most similar to the later text of Metastasio’s cantata, La Gelosia, music for which was notably written in 1746 by Porpora.

– its text resembles that of Metastasio’s later cantata
II,6Nave altera che in mezzo all’ondeClorinda / GiorgiVinci, Gismondo re di Polonia
II,7Che quell Cor quell Ciglio alteraErminia / NegriPorpora, Semiramide
II,9Ma gia scopertiArmida / FachinelliMarcello, Arianna
II,10Cerva in bosco se l’impiagaRinaldo / BroschiLeo, Catone in Utica
II,11Solo nel verocoro?

Nave altera che in mezzo all’ondeThe proud ship in the midst of the ocean,
Nell’orror di note oscuraIn the terror of a dark night,
Agitata è da due ventiPlaying between two hurricanes,
Ferma stà e non sàRemains constant even when it knows not
Qual di lor la spinga al porto.Which of the two winds will bring it to harbour.
Così l’alma che si confondeJust so, the soul is caught up in thought
Fra due stimoli possentiWhen it is torn between two mighty forces
Pensa fra sè – qual è Qual che giova al suo Conforto.Which of the shall bring it to salvation.

English translation of the aria text after Leonardo Vinci, Gismondo re di Polonia, Parnasus CD 9120104870017, CD booklet.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/muso-2021-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2353-5733 | Journal ISSN: 1734-1663
Language: English
Page range: 35 - 52
Published on: Dec 31, 2021
Published by: Polish Composers\' Union
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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