| Title: | Pietro Metastasio : drammi per musica |
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| Alternative title: | [Pietro Metastasio : musical dramas] |
| Description: | The "Pietro Metastasio: drammi per musica" ["Pietro Metastasio: musical dramas"] project makes available online full-text of musical dramas produced by Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782). Twenty-six librettos in various editions - amounting to a corpus of one hundred and forty-one versions - are accessible. Metastasio often adapted or rewrote the same texts according to various criteria, including the suggestions received by his patrons. The "Didone abbandonata", for example, appeared in nine different editions between 1724 and 1780. The database can be searched or browsed. Texts are listed in both alphabetical and chronological order. An index of names and lexicon section, providing a list of occurrences, are additionally available, both helpfully linked to the corresponding librettos. A guide gives helpful guidance on how to use the database. The website - available in Italian only - would be of interest to researchers studying Pietro Metastasio's work and musical production. |
| Keywords - controlled: | drama; opera (discipline); librettos; Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782; |
| Type: | Primary source; Research centres and projects |
| URL: | http://www.progettometastasio.it/ [Italian] |
| Classification: |
Modern languages and area studies > European > Italian > Drama Creative and performing arts > Music > Opera > Operas and performance |
| Resource creator: | Bellina, Anna Laura (Project Director) |
| Resource creator: | Tessarolo, Luigi (Project Director) |
| Resource creator: | Vencato, Anna (Collaborator) |
| Resource creator: | Albanese, Daniela (Web Designer / Webmaster) |
| Country of origin: | Italy |
| Period: | 18th Century |
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