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• The insolent, the arrogant (♦) (♦) - 1280x1024, 1920x1024 pixel
• Mourn for thy servant, mighty god of love (♦) (♦) - 1280x1024, 1920x1024 pixel

      Incipit of pieces

Incipit of pieces set in alphabetical order.

• Adonis, thy delightful youth, First Act, scene 1
• Adonis, uncall'd-for sighs, Third Act, scene 1
• Ah, Adonis my love, ah, Adonis..., Third Act, scene 1
• Behold my arrows and my bow, The Prologue, scene 1
• But, Cupid, how shall I make Adonis constant still?, Second Act, scene 1
• Call, call the Graces., Second Act, scene 1
• Come follow, follow, follow, First Act, scene 1
• Hark, hark, the rural music sounds, First Act, scene 1
• I come, as fast as death will give me leave, Third Act, scene 1
• Mortals below, Cupids above, Second Act, scene 1
• Mourn for thy servant, mighty god of love, Third Act, scene 1
• No, my shepherd, haste away, First Act, scene 1
• The insolent, the arrogant, Second Act, scene 1
• Venus! / Adonis!, First Act, scene 1
• You place with such delightful care, Second Act, scene 1

      Acts and scenes

Libretto acts' and scenes' list.

The Prologue

• Single scene
  The curtain is drawn where is discovered Cupid with a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other and arrows by his side and around him Shepherds and Shepherdesses.

First Act

• Single scene
  The curtain opens and discovers Venus and Adonis sitting together upon a couch, embracing one another.

Second Act

• Single scene
  The curtain opens and Venus and Cupid are seen standing with Little Cupids round about them.

Third Act

• Single scene
  The curtain opens and discovers Venus standing in a melancholy posture. A mourning Cupid goes across the stage and shakes an arrow at her.

      The acts in brief

For every act the synthesis of the scene paintings, of the pieces, of performers' entrance and leaving, of the main passages.

• The Prologue
• First Act
• Second Act
• Third Act

      Significant pieces

Pieces that are pointed out from critics and musicologists.

The Prologue

First Act

Second Act

Third Act

• Ah, Adonis my love, ah, Adonis (Venus), scene 1
• Mourn for thy servant, mighty god of love (Omnes), scene 1

      Links

Links with information about this opera.

• International Music Score Library Project (♦)

      Statistics of various kinds

Use of voice types and libretto words.

• Use of voice types

      Search in the net.

Search with predefined criterias on different engines.

      External link.

External links with information about this opera.

• Wikipedia (♦)

Music

• International Music Score Library Project (♦)