Apostolo Zeno, Poesie drammatiche. Parte 1, Vol. 1

Apostolo Zeno Poesie drammatiche Edizione critica a cura di Adriana De Feo e Alfred Noe Parte I: Venezia e oltre (1696-1717) Volume 1: da Glinganni felici (1696) a Temistocle (1701) This is the first part of a complete critical edition of Apostolo Zenos Drammi per musica based on the first complete edition by Gasparo Gozzi, published by Giambattista Pasquali 1744 in Venice, plus two libretti not included in the above mentioned edition. The title Venezia e oltre describes the early period in Zenos production, mainly his texts for Venetian theatres and some foreign court theatres. Undoubtedly, Zeno was one of the most relevant librettists of his time. He worked in several Italian cities and was finally appointed Caesarean poet at the Imperial court in Vienna. Along with his more famous successor Pietro Metastasio, Zeno played therefore a major role in the history of the 18th century opera and oratorio. The first volume coontains the first ten texts from Gli inganni felici (1696) to Temistocle (1701) with the following parts in Italian: 1) a short premise by Adriana De Feo and Alfred Noe; 2) an essay by Noe on the importance of the French tragedy for the reform of Italian dramma per musica; 3) an introductory essay by De Feo on Zenos production during the Venetian period; 4) the structure of the complete edition and a description of the editorial criteria; 5) a bibliography and a list of historical editions; 6) the libretto texts and their variants in footnotes; 7) the editorial apparatus with a comprehensive decription of the literary sources of each libretto and its contemporary editions until 1800.