Three melodramas /by Pietro Metastasio ; translated with an introduction by Joseph G. Fucilla.

By:

Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782 [Author]

Contributor(s):

Fucilla, Joseph Guerin, 1897-1981

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780813163871

Subject(s):

Dido (Legendary character) -- Drama

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PQ4718 .T474 1981

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Contents:

Subject: Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (1698--1782) was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti. In this volume, Pietro Metastasio presents new translations of Dido Abandoned, Demetrius, and The Olympiad that stay close to the original form and wording. Featuring an introduction that highlights the playwright's life and significant innovations in dramatic technique as well as a short bibliography, Fucilla's translations will be of interest not only to literary scholars, but also to those concerned with the history of music.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Dido abandoned.--Demetrius.--The Olympiad.

Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (1698--1782) was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti. In this volume, Pietro Metastasio presents new translations of Dido Abandoned, Demetrius, and The Olympiad that stay close to the original form and wording. Featuring an introduction that highlights the playwright's life and significant innovations in dramatic technique as well as a short bibliography, Fucilla's translations will be of interest not only to literary scholars, but also to those concerned with the history of music.

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