Aria and Stanza Incipits of the Poetic Works of Pietro
Metastasio
COMPLETE INDEX ARRANGED BY INCIPIT
How to browse this index:
- Entries are arranged alphabetically by incipit; therefore:
- Select the appropriate letter for the incipit from the
alphabet in the left hand column
- To return to the incipits page, "click" on "Incipits Page" in the
left hand column
- To return to the Metastasio home page, "click" on "Home Page"
in the left hand column.
Order of information in the individual entries:
- Text incipit
- (Where appropriate) the character who expresses the incipit (abbreviated)
- Work to which the incipit belongs (abbreviated)
- Location in the work where the incipit occurs (line, stanza, or act and
scene)
- Volume and page number where the incipit occurs in the Brunelli edition
of Metastasio's works
- A "#" before a scena incipit indicates that this scena
actually appears in at least one setting. The location for the
scena will be given under the separate listing for the aria
A "click" on the abbreviated title of any entry will bring into the
box at the bottom of the screen a citation for Metastasio's original
work from the Metastasio Workslist. This entry contains:
- The title of the work followed by its abbreviation (in parenthesis)
- The genre that the work represents and the abbreviation for
the genre [in square brackets]
- A full list of the dramatis personae
- The text of the first line of the work
- The composer, place and date of the first performance (or date of
completion) if known
- (In many instance), a note about the occasion of the first performance
The volume and page numbers given refer to:
Metastasio, Pietro. Tutte le opere di Pietro Metastasio.
Edited by Bruno Brunelli. 5 vols. Verona: Mondadori, 1951-65, vols. 1-2
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