Difference between revisions of "San Giovanni Battista (St. John the Baptist / 1675 Stradella / Ansaldi), oratorio"
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==Abstract== | ==Abstract== | ||
The most celebrated of all oratorios of the composer. | The most celebrated of all oratorios of the composer. | ||
John the Baptist goes to the court of Herod Antipas to try to convince him to send away the wife Herodias and to renounce worldly pleasures and his lascivious life. Naturally Herodias and her daughter Salome manage to convince Herod to send Giovanni to prison. And when Herod offers to give Salome whatever she asks, in gratitude for having danced so exotically for him at the festivities for his birthday, her mother suggests that she ask for Giovanni’s head, which she does. At the end of the libretto, Herod is in doubt as to whether he did the right thing, whereas Salome is delighted he killed Giovanni. | |||
==Editions, performances, translations== | ==Editions, performances, translations== | ||
Premiered in [[Rome, Italy]]: S. Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Quaresima 1675. | Premiered in [[Rome, Italy]]: S. Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Quaresima 1675. | ||
Revision as of 23:51, 7 June 2015
San Giovanni Battista <Italian> (1675) is an oratorio by Alessandro Stradella (mus.) and Filippo Acciaiuoli (libr.).
Abstract
The most celebrated of all oratorios of the composer.
John the Baptist goes to the court of Herod Antipas to try to convince him to send away the wife Herodias and to renounce worldly pleasures and his lascivious life. Naturally Herodias and her daughter Salome manage to convince Herod to send Giovanni to prison. And when Herod offers to give Salome whatever she asks, in gratitude for having danced so exotically for him at the festivities for his birthday, her mother suggests that she ask for Giovanni’s head, which she does. At the end of the libretto, Herod is in doubt as to whether he did the right thing, whereas Salome is delighted he killed Giovanni.
Editions, performances, translations
Premiered in Rome, Italy: S. Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Quaresima 1675.
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- Fiction--1600s
- Fiction--Italian
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- Oratorios
- Italian language--1600s
- Made in the 1670s
- Second Temple Studies--1600s
- Second Temple Studies--Italian
- Second Temple Studies--Fiction
- Gospels Studies--1600s
- Gospels Studies--Italian
- Gospels Studies--Fiction
- Life of John the Baptist (event)
- Death of John the Baptist (event)
- John the Baptist (subject)
- John the Baptist--fiction (subject)
- John the Baptist--music (subject)
- Salome--music (subject)
- Herodias--music (subject)
- Herod Antipas--music (subject)