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Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 13:11:29 -0400
From: "James O'Donnell" <jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu>
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Subject: Re: Operatic inscription query
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Surely a third alternative?  We all chip in and send somebody to the next performance in a $200 orchestra seat?  :-)

Jim O'Donnell

-----Original Message-----
From: James Butrica <jbutrica@morgan.ucs.mun.ca>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 13:28:23 
To: classics@u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: Operatic inscription query

>Puccini was extremely specific about his details.  For example, he noted the
>bells heard in Rome at dawn & specifed their pitches for the bells at the
>beginning of Act 3 of Tosca.  And the Met has a stunning reproduction of
>Sant'Andrea.
>
>I don't recall the inscription, but it sounds -- guessing here -- as if it
>might be the text from ICor 15:45 "The first man, Adam, became a living
>creature whereas the last Adam has become a life-giving spirit."
>
>DW
>

There are, then two possibilities within the context of 1 Corinthians 14:45-47:


factus est *primus homo* Adam in animam viventem
novissimus Adam in spiritum vivificantem
sed non prius quod spiritale est sed quod animale est
deinde quod spiritale
*primus homo* de terra terrenus
secundus homo de caelo caelestis
qualis terrenus tales et terreni
et qualis caelestis tales et caelestes

For absolute confirmation, there are two obvious possibilities:
find a tape of a broadcast of this production, and pause as appropriate;
find a book with a detailed description (or photographs) of the church.
I believe this is a Zefirelli production, and everything from this church
through the Palazzo Farnese to the top of Hadrian's tomb looks absolutely
authentic, so I'm inclined to think that every detail will reflect the
locations quite precisely.

James Lawrence Peter Butrica
Department of Classics
The Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, Newfoundland  A1C 5S7
(709) 737-7914 


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