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| title = Cieche tenebre | | title = Cieche tenebre | ||
| english-title = | | english-title = | ||
| composer = | | composer = [[Francesco Cavalli]] | ||
| lyricist = | | lyricist = [[Nicolò Minato]] | ||
| work = | | work = [[Magno Pompeo]] | ||
| catalogue = | | catalogue = | ||
| role = | | role = Sesto | ||
}} | }} | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>) "suelino" → "svelino"; | <nowiki>*</nowiki>) "suelino" → "svelino"; | ||
v and u are used interchangeably.</poem></div> | v and u are used interchangeably.</poem></div> | ||
}} | }}{{Libretti | ||
{{Libretti | |||
| country =Italy | | country =Italy | ||
| language-note =Modernized Italian | | language-note =Modernized Italian | ||
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Apprestatemi | Apprestatemi | ||
Denso vel. | Denso vel. | ||
Occultatemi | |||
Anco al ciel. | Anco al ciel. | ||
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| country =United Kingdom | | country =United Kingdom | ||
| language-note = | | language-note = | ||
| libretto-text =<poem></poem> | | libretto-text =<poem>Sightless shadows | ||
Lend me | |||
Your dense vel. | |||
Hide me | |||
Even from the heavens. | |||
With silent shadows | |||
Conceal me | |||
Misty horrors; | |||
Let them never reveal | |||
This love.<ref name="FR"/></poem> | |||
}} | }} | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
{{Clear|left}} | {{Clear|left}} | ||
==Context== | |||
Sesto is in love with Issicratea, the Queen of Ponto – and he mustn't show it. Finally wanting to confess his love, he begs the shadows to aid his plan. | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
Free Libretto: | Free Libretto: | ||
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[[File:Cieche tenebre page.jpg|400px|thumb|alt=Libretto page of "Cieche tenebre", 1666, Library of Congress|Libretto page of "Cieche tenebre", 1666, Library of Congress<ref name="Libretto2"/>]] | [[File:Cieche tenebre page.jpg|400px|thumb|alt=Libretto page of "Cieche tenebre", 1666, Library of Congress|Libretto page of "Cieche tenebre", 1666, Library of Congress<ref name="Libretto2"/>]] | ||
{{Reflist|refs= | {{Reflist|refs= | ||
<ref name="FR">English translation by FR, 2021</ref> | |||
<ref name="Worldcat">{{cite web | <ref name="Worldcat">{{cite web | ||
|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/pompeo-magno/oclc/21785313 | |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/pompeo-magno/oclc/21785313 | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
<ref name="Libretto2"> | <ref name="Libretto2"> | ||
{{cite book | {{cite book | ||
|last=Cavalli | |last=Cavalli | ||