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CAVALLI, Pier Francesco.
[L’Hipermestra].
[Florence, Silvio degli Alli, 1658].
Suite de 8 planches (environ 340 x 445 mm) gravées sur cuivre par Silvio degli Alli.
800 / 1 000
€
Suite de 8 planches (sur 13) illustrant les célèbres décors de théâtre, crées
par Ferdinando Tacca (1619-1689) pour l’opéra
Hipermestra
, composé par
Pier Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676) et textes de Giovanni Andrea Moniglia
(vers 1630-1700). L’opéra fut présenté pour la première fois à Florence en 1658 au
Teattro dell’Accademia degli Immobili. Couronné d’un grand succès, la suite fut
ré-éditée en 1689 avec des planches réduites, gravées par Belloni.
“
[Cavalli] was the most performed, and perhaps the most representative, composer
of opera in the quarter-century after Monteverdi and was a leading figure, as both
composer and performer, in Venetian musical life
” (Thomas Walker & Irene Alm,
in : Grove Music Online).
“
As well as designing buildings, such as the Teatro dell’Accademia degli Immobili
(later della Pergola), built in Florence in 1656,
[
Tacca
]
devised scenery, machines
and apparatus for various performances and dynastic ceremonies, which are partly
documented in engravings... The scenery and mechanisms for Cavalli’s opera
Hipermestra (libretto by G. A. Moniglia), performed at the Teatro degli Immobili
in 1658 to mark the birth of the Spanish Infanta, are known from 13 engravings by
Silvio degli Alli included in the published libretto
” (Mercedes Viale Ferrero, in :
Grove Music Online).
Planches montées, et avec manques dans l’image, traces de ruban adhésif.
Collection of 8 (out of 13) plates, created after the stage design by Ferdinando
Tacca for the opera
Hipermestra
by Cavalli, performed for the first time at the
Teattro dell’Accademia degli Immobili in Florence in 1658. The engravings are
by Silvio degli Alli ; the plates were redrawn in 1689 by Belloni.