Learning objectives
Knowledge of the dramaturgic devices specific to the theatrical genre of “Italian opera”; knowledge of the general outlines of the history of opera;.reading and comprehension of an opera libretto and its structure. Reading and analysis of an opera score.
Course unit content
<br />Un4 it A: Dramaturgy of Italian opera <br />
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The first part will introduce the most heavily debated issues in the study of opera and will outline the ways in which music, literary text, recitation, theatre productions, etc have been organised over time to create musical theatrical performances. The course will concentrate primarily on the history of Italian opera between 1700 and 1900. <br />
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Unit B: Aspects of Verdi’s approach to the theatre <br />
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The seng1024 cond part of the course will examine Verdi’s approach to the theatre: through listening and dramaturgical analysis of some of Verdi’s main works, different and alternative lines of interpretation of 19th century Italian musical theatre will be presented.
Bibliography
Carl Dahlhaus, Drammaturgia dell'opera italiana, in storia dell'opera italiana, vi: teorie e tecniche, immagini e fantasmi, Torino, edt, 1988, pp. 77-162 < /P> <br />
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Paolo Fabbri, Istituti metrici e formali, in Storia dell'opera italiana, vi: Teorie e tecniche, immagini e fantasmi, Torino, edt, 1988, pp. 163-233 <br />
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two of the following articles: <br />
Norbert Dubowy, "Un riso bizzaro dell'estro poetico": il "Flavio Cuniberto" (1681) di Matteo Noris e il dramma per musica del secondo seicento, in , xii/2, 2004, pp. 401-422 <br />
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Renato di Benedetto, Dal Metastasio a Pergolesi e ritorno. divagazioni intercontestuali fra l'"Adriano in Siria" e "L'olimpiade", in , ii, 1995, pp. 259-296 <br />
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Arthur Groos, Il luogotenente F.B. Pinkerton: problemi nella genesi e nella rappresentazione della "madame Butterfly", in Puccini, a cura di Virgilio Bernardoni, Bologna, il Mulino, 1996, pp. 155-181 <br />
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one of the following volumes: <br />
a) Lorenzo Bianconi, Il teatro d'opera in Italia, Bologna, il Mulino, 1993 <br />
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Gilles de Van, Verdi. un teatro in musica, Firenze, La nuova Italia, 1994 <br />
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Fabrizio Della Seta, in verdi e nella critica verdiana, in Le parole della musica. studi sulla lingua della letteratura musicale in onore di Gianfranco Folena, a cura di Fiamma Nicolodi e Paolo Trovato, i, Firenze, Olschki,1994, pp. 259-286 <br />
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one of the following articles: <br />
Giorgio Pagannone, Aspetti della melodia verdiana. periodo e barform a confronto, in , xii, 1997, pp. 48-66 <br />
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Other specific readings will be assigned during the course
Teaching methods
Classroom lectures <br />
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Oral test <br />
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Classroom lectures, listening labs; workshops for analysis and commentary of a libretto text; <br />
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Evaluation: testing and discussion of workshop activity; interview to discuss bibliography material
