Posted on June 30, 2015, in baroque and tagged artaserse, leonardo vinci, pietro metastasio. Bookmark the permalink. 6 Comments.
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Aw thanks Dehgg. Nope, it isn’t fanfic (I think Baroque opera fanfic per se is a step too far even for me), but it has proven to be a great way to get to ‘know’ the characters better – and I just hope Metastasio will forgive me for taking a few liberties. I regret that I haven’t gone anywhere near the historical accuracy angle. It would just be way too much trouble, I would get overly fixated on detail, and I think it’s more fun to use the production we all know and love as a jumping off point. Though there are the odd bits of Darius’ palace at Susa and the Ishtar Gate floating around, because I’m a geek. You’re very sweet to have linked it here. I really appreciate it, and I’m glad you liked it. No pressure for Act 2, then… 😉
You’re welcome 🙂 I can only imagine the amount of work that went into it and the fact that you finished this act and posted it (one of the hardest things I find!).
That play about the life of Metastasio should include a quip or two about what posterity will do with/to his work 😉
Oh God, yes, I’d forgotten we were going to write a play about him. And that film about Handel. Checks diary Yes, I should be free in about 2019… 😉
good to know 😉 I’m beyond lazy as you can see.
P.S. Just to say, Dehgg, I have absolutely no plans to do any other operas, because if I get away without this one killing me it’ll be a miracle… so Clemenza is aaaaaaaaall yours…
ok, so maybe one opera per season, to avoid untimely deaths 😉
I have to do Clemenza, don’t I? now which version…