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‘Per desiderio di farsi onore’: Singers and the Adaptation of Arias in Italian drammi per musica of the Early Eighteenth-Century Italy Cover

‘Per desiderio di farsi onore’: Singers and the Adaptation of Arias in Italian drammi per musica of the Early Eighteenth-Century Italy

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Figure 1

Farnace, Bologna 1731, Cast List
Farnace, Bologna 1731, Cast List

Figure 2

Substitute aria text for Artabano (Grimaldi), Artaserse, II.4, Bologna 1730
Substitute aria text for Artabano (Grimaldi), Artaserse, II.4, Bologna 1730

Musical Example 1

‘Amalo e se al tuo sguardo’, aria for Artabano (Grimaldi) in Hasse, Artaserse, II.4, Venice 1730, opening of vocal line, bars 13-17
‘Amalo e se al tuo sguardo’, aria for Artabano (Grimaldi) in Hasse, Artaserse, II.4, Venice 1730, opening of vocal line, bars 13-17

Figure 2

Metastasio’s aria text for Semira, Artaserse, III.6, Rome, 1730
Metastasio’s aria text for Semira, Artaserse, III.6, Rome, 1730

Figure 4

Substitute aria text for Artaserse (Caffarelli), Artaserse, II.4, Milan 1731
Substitute aria text for Artaserse (Caffarelli), Artaserse, II.4, Milan 1731

Tempest Arias in Demetrio, Vicenza 1734

Act IAct IIAct III
I.4 Alceste/Demetrio: ‘Scherza il Nocchier talora’ (Farinelli) III.4 Alceste /Demetrio ‘Son qual nave, che aggitata’ [sic] (Farinelli)
I.5 Olinto: ‘Da più venti combattuta’ (Francesco Bilancioni)I.7 Olinto: ‘Vede il Nocchier la sponda’ (Francesco Bilancioni)
I.9 Alceste/Demetrio ‘Navigante che sol spera’ (Farinelli) III.10 Barsene: ‘Se troppo crede al ciglio’ (Caterina Giorgi)

Tempest Arias in L’innocenza giustificata, Florence 1734

Act IAct IIAct III
II.1 Artabano: ‘Nell’orribile procella’ (Lorenzo Saletti)III.3 Astiage: ‘Benchè spiri a Ciel sereno’ (Farinelli)
I.8 Feraspe: ‘Vede orgogliosa l’onda’ (Angiolo Amorevoli)II.7 Astiage: ‘Non fidi al Mar, che freme’ (Farinelli)III.4 Arbace: ‘Fuggirò, ma non poss’io’ (Giovanna Guaetta)
I.14 Astiage: ‘Scherza il Nocchier talora’ (Farinelli)II.10 Astiage: ‘Colle procelle in seno’ (Farinelli)III.8 Trio: Statira, Astiage, Feraspe: ‘Da rea tempesta’ (Vittoria Tesi, Farinelli, Angiolo Amorevoli)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/muso-2021-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2353-5733 | Journal ISSN: 1734-1663
Language: English
Page range: 53 - 64
Published on: Dec 31, 2021
Published by: Polish Composers\' Union
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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