Apollo et Hyacinthus Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Apollo et Hyacinthus is an opera, K;. 38, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1767. It is Mozart's first true opera, aged 11, when one considers Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebotes is simply a sacred drama. It is in three acts. As is suggested by the name it is based upon Greek mythology as told by Roman poet Ovid in his masterwork Metamorphoses. It needed compression and interpretation, hence Rufinus Widl wrote the libretto.
The myth follows that Hyacinth died accidentally due to a discus thrown by Apollo, which struck Hyacinth on the head, killing him. Further, another myth tells, it was the wind god Zephyrus who was actually responsible for the death of Hyacinth. Zephyrus blew the discus off course, out of jealousy, so as to injure and kill Hyacinth. When he died, Apollo made a flower, the hyacinth, spring out from his spilled blood. Sadly, Rufinus Widl was a priest, hence the story was modified - changing the sexually desired character from Ovid's Hyacinth to Melia, his sister.
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