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At length every living thing disappears; you enter the empire of death, and the pulverised ashes alone roll beneath your uncertain feet. Nè griggi nè armenti Guida bifolco, mai guida pastore Neither flocks nor herds does the husbandman or the shepherd ever guide to this spot. Here dwells a hermit on the confines of life and death.
Here I found a flock of sheep and a pastore. From this shepherd I learned that I was about ten miles from the main road. He took the sandals from his own feet and fastened them on mine, gave me directions, and about night I reached the hacienda, where I was kindly received and cared for. This ranchero sent after officers and had the country scoured for the robbers.
The second ridge, called Colle di Pastore as far as the Gallicano cut, and Colle Collafri beyond it, along which for four miles runs the Via Praenestina, undoubtedly belonged to the domain of Praeneste. But it was not so important a piece of property as the ridges on either side, for it is much narrower, and it had no town at its end.
"Who will dance the solo this evening in Re Pastore?" he said, at last. "Signora Barbarina, your majesty." "Ah! the Signora Barbarina," said the king, carelessly, "I thought I heard that she was indisposed?" Frederick's eyes were fixed searchingly upon his friends.
The most significant matter connected with this scene in the early version of the poem is the stage direction, which reads thus: "Orfeo cantando sopra il monte in su la lira e seguente versi latini fu interotto da un pastore nunciatore della morte di Euridice." The name of the actor of Orfeo is mentioned as Baccio Ugolino.
He describes its subject as "un pastore ignudo ed una forese chi li porge certi flauti per che suoni."
Mozart's next four operas were, for the most part, hastily written 'Mitridate, Re di Ponto' and 'Lucio Silla' for Milan, "La Finta Giardiniera' for Munich, and 'Il Re Pastore' for Salzburg. They adhere pretty closely to the conventional forms of the day, and, in spite of the beauty of many of the airs, can scarcely be said to contain much evidence of Mozart's incomparable genius.
Then I played my old concerto in D, because it is such a favorite here, and likewise extemporized for half an hour, after which Madlle. Weber sang De' Amicis's air, "Parto m' affretto;" and, as a finale, my symphony "Il Re Pastore" was given. I do entreat you urgently to interest yourself in Madlle. Weber; it would make me so happy if good-fortune were to attend her.
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