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STRUCTURE:
THIS FIRST PART OF THE OPERA CONTAIN A PROOEMIUM ( A
SORT OF PROLOGUE) TO THE ENTIRE OPERA AND 2 SUITES (OR ACTS)UNITED BY
AN INTERLUDIUM AND DIVIDED IN SCENES
CONCEPTED LIKE NARRATIVE, MUSICAL AND VISUAL SEQUENCES. THOSE ARE
INDIPENDENT AS SONOROUS SCENOGRAPHY BUT DIPENDENT LIKE CELLS IN THE
EVOLVING OF THEMES OF THE NARRATIVE PLOT. IN ADDICTION SOME MOMENT ,
MORE FELT, ARE EXPANDED IN TIME AND SPACE CREATING AMBIENT PART TO ANTICIPATE
SOME SCENES, OR PART OF INTROSPECTIVE REFLECTIONS.
NARRATION
( OF THE ENTIRE 4 PART OF AENEIDOS METALLIAPOTHEOSIS): THE
POEM SPEAK ABOUT THE VOYAGE OF ENEA, A TROIAN HERO, THAT AFTER THE FALL
OF TROY, DIRECT HIMSELF WITH HIS COMPANIONS TOWARDS THE RESEARCH OF
THE LAND THAT WILL GIVE ORIGINE TO AN IMMENSE FUTURE EMPIRE (ROME).
ENEA FOLLOWS HIS FATE IN BAD AND GOOD EVENTS AND HIS VOYAGE IS RICH
OF MYTHOLOGYCAL AND FANTASTIC TALES: THE ARRIVE IN THE SAVAGE LAND DENSE
OF WOODS(HESPERIA) THAT THE GODS PREDICT TO HIM, THE BATTLES WITH THE
NATIVE POPULATION, THE KILL OF TURNO(KING OF THE LATINS), THE UNION
OF ENEA WITH LAVINIA(DAUGHTER OF THE KILLED KING), FROM WHICH WILL BORN
THE GENS OF THE FUTURE EMPIRE.
THIS
FIRST PART:
1 PROOEMIUM
MCMXCVIII (MP3):
EXPRESS THEME, SUBJECT AND INSPIRATION FROM THE MUSES. IT IS THE PROLOGUE
OF THE ENTIRE TETRALOGY AND IS RE-INTERPRETED ONLY IN INSTRUMENTAL WAY.
2-11 TYRIAE
TURRES (MP3s &
illustrations):THE FIRST SUITE
(REFERED TO THE FIRST BOOK OF AENEID). ENEA AND THE TROIAN ESCAPED FROM
THE WAR AGAINST THE GREEKS, FACE A VIOLENT STORM( ON THE SEA BETWEEN
TRINACRIA AND TYRIA) CONSPIRED BY THE GODDESS GIUNO WITH EOLO, THE GOD
OF THE WINDS. THE HEROES ARE SAVED BY THE INTERVENTION OF NETTUNO, GOD
OF THE SEA.
12-29 ILIAE
MEMORIAE (MP3s
& illustrations): THE
SECOND SUITE
(SECOND BOOK). THE SUFFERENT TROIANS ARE WELCOMED BY THE PEOPLE OF CARTHAGO
(CARTAGINE) AND ENEA TELLS THEIR ESCAPE FROM THE WAR AGAINST THE GREEK
(IN TROY) TO THE QUEEN DIDO. THE PRINCIPAL MOMENT IS THE CELEBRATION
OF THE TROIAN HERO: IN HONOREM HEROIS
NOTE (MYTHOLOGYCAL):
DIFFERENTLY FROM OMER'S POEMS(ILIADE & ODISSEA) WHERE THE GREEKS
ARE HEROES, IN VIRGILIO'S "ENEIDE" THEY ARE ENEMIES AND THE
HEROES ARE THE TROIANS, THE GENS THAT WILL UNITE TO THE LATIN ONE TO
ORIGINATE THE FUTURE ROME ANTAGONIST OF THE GREEKS.
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