Metastasio’s Old Testament dramas: Biblical stories in eighteenth century oratorio

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dc.contributor.authorDowling Long, Siobhánen
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-19T10:29:28Z
dc.date.available2023-09-19T10:29:28Z
dc.date.issued2013en
dc.description.abstractPietro Metastasio’s five Old Testament oratorio libretti—based on the dramatic stories of Cain and Abel, Joseph, Judith, Joash, and Abraham and Isaac—reveal the influence of the Counter-Reformation, of seventeenth-century French literary criticism, and of eighteenth-century biblical interpretation. Reflecting a traditional christological interpretation, all five shed light on the emotional lives of their protagonists, while providing moral instruction for the edification of eighteenth-century Catholic audiences. I conclude with a brief discussion of the oratorio Abramo ed Isacco by Josef Mysliveček, based on a Metastasian libretto Isacco, figura del Redentore (1740), and illustrate by way of musical examples the reception of Genesis 22 in music.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationDowling Long, S. (2013) 'Metastasio’s Old Testament dramas: Biblical stories in eighteenth century oratorio', Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception, 3(1), pp. 57-78. doi: 10.11157/rsrr3-1-589en
dc.identifier.doi10.11157/rsrr3-1-589en
dc.identifier.endpage78en
dc.identifier.issn1179-7231en
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleRelegere: Studies in Religion and Receptionen
dc.identifier.startpage57en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/14991
dc.identifier.volume3en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherRelegere: Studies in Religion and Receptionen
dc.relation.urihttps://relegere.org/relegere/article/view/589en
dc.rights© 2023, the Author. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 license.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en
dc.subjectPietro Metastasioen
dc.subjectFive Old Testament oratorio librettien
dc.subjectCain and Abelen
dc.subjectJosephen
dc.subjectJudithen
dc.subjectJoashen
dc.subjectAbraham and Isaacen
dc.titleMetastasio’s Old Testament dramas: Biblical stories in eighteenth century oratorioen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
oaire.citation.issue1en
oaire.citation.volume3en
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