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- Title
Echoes of Ariadne in the Musical Reception of Ariosto and Tasso.
- Authors
Refini, Eugenio
- Abstract
This article discusses Fulvio Testi's libretto "L'isola di Alcina" (1626), based on Ariosto's "Orlando furioso." After considering its significance to the cultural politics of the Este and the author's preoccupations with poetical and political lineage, the essay focuses on the sorceress Alcina's lament in act 4 and its afterlife in the Baroque cantata repertoire. Echoes from Claudio Monteverdi and Ottavio Rinuccini's "Arianna" as well as the memory of the sorceress Armida from Torquato Tasso's "Gerusalemme liberata" are crucial to the gradual reshaping that, across poetry and music, transforms the evil character into a woman worthy of the audience's sympathy.
- Subjects
LIBRETTO; TESTI, Fulvio; ARIADNE (Greek mythology); GREEK mythology in music; ARIOSTO, Lodovico, 1474-1533; ORLANDO Furioso (Poem : Ariosto)
- Publication
Renaissance Quarterly, 2020, Vol 73, Issue 2, p527
- ISSN
0034-4338
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/rqx.2020.4