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Journal of English Studies, 2009 As his era’s most prolific writer of ballad operas, Henry Fielding knew music well and was particularly outspoken about Italian opera, the reigning London fashion of the day.
Charles Trainor
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Umberto Eco’s 'Opera Aperta' and the Birth of Italian Electronic Literature
Modern Languages Open, 2021 The convergence of electronic media and literary forms during the digital revolution has produced a variety of new hybrid genres which we call today ‘electronic literature’. In Italy, electronic literature has a rich history.
Emanuela Patti
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Historical approach to the opera’s libretto-theme in Italy from the end of the 16th century to the first Italian reform [PDF]
Muzikologija, 2021 The creators of opera in Italy at the end of the 16th century gave great importance to the choice of their subject matter in order to reproduce an overall work of art according to the archetype of ancient Greek tragedy.
Tziboula Areti +1 more
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Musica Docta, 2023 A series of Italian opera librettos with translations and explanations in Chinese is reviewed. The series is useful not only for singers, singing teachers and other opera professionals, but also for Chinese-speaking students of Italian.
Fabio Rossi
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'Italian Opera' in 'Central Europe', 1600–1780: Research Trends and the Geographic Imagination
Muzikološki Zbornik, 2021 This brief survey of literature, provided with a bibliography, proposes to critically inform about research carried out over the last 30 years, and to identify research trends regarding subject definition, methodology and epistemology of the apparent ...
Reinhard Strohm
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The Final of the Singspiel Doktor and Apotheker by Dittersdorf and the Tradition ofthe Opera Buffa
Современные проблемы музыкознания, 2021 Doktor and Apotheker, a singspiel by Dittersdorf, is one of the most successful and popular operas of the 18th century. Many researchersclaim that the reason for its popularity is the “chain finale” that was first introduced by the composer ...
Svetlana B. Bubeeva
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THE EVOLUTION OF ITALIAN MELODRAMA: FROM DONIZETTI TO VERDI
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Musica, 2021 This study presents the evolution of the Italian melodrama of the nineteenth century, having as a major composer exponents such as Gaetano Donizetti and Giuseppe Verdi.
Edith Georgiana ADETU +1 more
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XVII-XVIII, 2022 At a time when Italian opera reigned supreme over most of Europe, England was no exception to the rule and yielded to the charms of that art form in the very first years of the 18th century.
Xavier Cervantes
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Italian-Style Opera Houses: A Historical Review
Applied Sciences, 2020 Attending an opera involves a multi-sensory evaluation (acoustical, visual, and more), cultural background and other emotional parameters. The present work aims to investigate the historical development of Italian-style opera houses, from the 16th ...
Dario D’Orazio
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8. Gioachino Rossini, Voice Assemblies In The Opera IL Barbiere Di Siviglia
Review of Artistic Education, 2020 In Naples, Gioachino Rossini creates some of his works for representations in other cities. The best known, the Barber of Seville or Useless Precaution, opened on February 20, 1816, atTeatro Argentina in Rome.
Fântână Cristina Simionescu
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