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- Title
Moonlight on Endymion: In Search of "Arcadian Opera," 1688-1721.
- Authors
Forment, Bruno
- Abstract
A paradigm of the earliest operatic endeavors of the Arcadian Academy, the myth of Endymion and Diana, inspired librettos by Christina of Sweden and Alessandro Guidi, Francesco de Lemene, and Pietro Metastasio. All of these efforts emerged as reactions to the "Baroque," yet their dramaturgical and intellectual underpinnings appear to stand in such contrast to each other that the very notion of "Arcadian opera" demands critical revision, at least with respect to its initial stage. The aforementioned librettos are juxtaposed with contemporary tracts by Gian Vincenzo Gravina and Giovanni Antonio Mezzabarba, concluding that Arcadia indeed adopted polymorphic traits at first, but that most conflicts dissolved within the towering oeuvre of Pietro Metastasio.
- Subjects
OPERA; LIBRETTO; ENDYMION (Greek mythology); DIANA (Roman deity); GUIDI, Alessandro; DE Lemene, Francesco; METASTASIO, Pietro, 1698-1782; BAROQUE music; GRAVINA, Gian Vincenzo; MEZZABARBA, Giovanni Antonio
- Publication
Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music, 2008, Vol 14, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
1089-747X
- Publication type
Article