Apollo et Hyacinthus, K.38
Opera
Apollo et Hyacinthus seu Hyacinthi metamorphosis (Latin for Apollo and Hyacinth or The Metamorphosis of Hyacinth), K. 38, is an opera in three acts written in 1767 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was 11 years old at the time. It is Mozart's first true opera, as Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots is generally considered to be a sacred drama. As is suggested by the name, the opera is based upon the Greek myth of Hyacinth and Apollo as told by Roman poet Ovid in his Metamorphoses. Interpreting this work, Rufinus Widl wrote the libretto in Latin.
Movements
- Intrada
Act I
- Prologus. No. 1 Chorus et Oebalus "Numen o Latonium!" (Chrorus, Oebalus)
- Prologus. No. 2 Aria "Saepe terrent Numina" (Hyacinthus)
- Prologus. No. 3 Aria "Iam pastor Apollo" (Apollo)
- Prologus. Recitativo "Ah nate! vera loqueris" (Oebalus, Apollo, Hyacinthus, Melia, Zephyrus)
- Prologus. Recitativo "Amice! iam parata sunt omnia" (Hyacinthus, Zephyrus, Oebalus, Melia)
- Prologus. Recitativo "Heu me! perimus!" (Melia, Oebalus, Hyacinthus, Zephyrus)
Act II
- Chorus I. No. 4 Aria "Laetari, iocari" (Melia)
- Chorus I. No. 5 Aria "En! duos conspicis" (Zephyrus)
- Chorus I. No. 6 Duetto "Discede crudelis!" (Melia, Apollo)
- Chorus I. Recitativo "Amare numquid filia" (Oebalus, Melia)
- Chorus I. Recitativo "Heu! Numen! ecce!" (Zephyrus, Melia, Apollo)
- Chorus I. Recitativo "Rex! de salute filii est actum" (Zephyrus, Oebalus, Melia)
Act III
- Chorus II. No. 7 Aria "Ut navis in aequore luxuriante" (Oebalus)
- Chorus II. No. 8 Duetto "Natus cadit" (Oebalus, Melia)
- Chorus II. No. 9 Terzetto "Tandem post turbida fulmina" (Apollo, Melia, Oebalus)
- Chorus II. Recitativo "Non Est - Quis Ergo" (Hyacinthus, Oebalus)
- Chorus II. Recitativo "Quocumque Me Converto" (Melia, Oebalus)
- Chorus II. Recitativo "Rex! Me Redire Cogit" (Apollo, Oebalus, Melia)