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==Context== | ==Context== | ||
The role of the messenger (ital: ''"messo"'') fulfils the one of an immersed narrator, transporting the narrative parts of the bible passage to the listener. The aria has its typical function of making the characters' emotions palpable, here those of the Israelites who believe they are being driven into the water. | The role of the messenger (ital: ''"messo"'') fulfils the one of an immersed narrator, transporting the narrative parts of the bible passage to the listener. The aria has its typical function of making the characters' emotions palpable, here those of the Israelites who believe they are being driven into the water. Fago's librettist stays very close to the biblical original. | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
'''Exodus 14, 8.12.''' | '''Exodus 14, 8.12.''' | ||