Italian opera since 1945 / Raymond Fearn.
| Author/creator | Fearn, Raymond, 1944- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam : Harwood Academic Publishers, ©1997. |
| Description | xviii, 258 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Contemporary music studies ; v. 15 Contemporary music studies ; v. 15. ^A287275 |
| Contents | Chapter 1: Rebirth and renewal 1945-1950. Towards the light of freedom: Luigi Dallapiccola's Volo di notte and Il prigioniero ; The persistence of comedy: Goffredo Petrassi's Il cordovano and Nino Rota's Il cappello di paglia di Firenze -- Chapter 2. Opera and experiment 1950-1959. The 'opera machine' in Italy ; Goffredo Petrassi: Morte dell'aria ; Luigi Dallapiccola: Job ; Operatic renewal and the Bergamo 'Teatro delle Novita' ; Luciano Berio: Allez Hop -- Chapter 3. Towards a 'new musical theatre' 1960-1965. The theatre in Italian society after 1945 ; 'The committed theatre': Giacomo Manzoni and Luigi Nono ; Giacomo Manzoni: La sentenza ; Luigi Nono: Intolleranza ; Giacomo Manzoni: Atomtod ; The 'theatre of theatre': Bruno Maderna and Luciano Berio ; Bruno Maderna: Don Perlimplin, Hyperion, From A to Z ; Luciano Berio: Passagio ; The Palermo Festival and experimentation ; The 'avant-garde theatre': Sylvano Bussotti: La Passion selon Sade -- Chapter 4. From happening to revolution 1965-1975. Prelude: The Italian theatre after 1965 ; Luigi Dallpiccola: Ulisse ; Luciano Berio: Opera ; Sylvano Bussotti: Lorenzaccio ; Bruno Maderna: Satyricon ; Camillo Togni: Blaubart ; Giacomo Manzoni: Per Massimilano Robespierre ; Luigi Nono: Al gran sole carico d'amore -- Chapter 5. Towards, and away from, a 'new musical theatre'. Cabaret-into-grand opera: Sylvano Bussotti's Le Racine, pianobar pour Phedre ; 'Theatre-into-music': Aldo Clementi's ES ; Readings of reality: Berio's La vera storia and Un re in ascolto ; Diversion: a 'tragedy about listening': Nono's Prometeo ; Opera in a post-modern world: Lorenzo Ferrero's Marilyn and Mare Nostro ; Fable and history: Azio Corghi's Blimunda ; Between myth and surreality: the theatre of Salvatore Sciarrino ; Postlude: two Fausts: Giacomo Manzoni's Doktor Faustus and Luca Lombardi's Faust, un travestimento. |
| Abstract | Italy, the birthplace of opera in the late sixteenth century, has in recent decades seen a remarkable and vital musical growth with composers as diverse as Luciano Berio and Nino Rota, Luigi Nono and Sylvano Bussotti, Giacomo Manzoni, Bruno Maderna and Salvatore Sciarrino. The musical theatre has figured prominently in the work of Italian composers during this period, ranging from operas conceived in a traditional mode to works of a music theatre variety and from popular to avant-garde in style. This book surveys the Italian musico-theatrical phenomenon in the period following the Second World War, examining a wide range of works such as Nono's Intolleranza and Al gran sole carico d'amore, Berio's Passagio and Un re in ascolto and Manzoni's Atomtod and La sentenza, and places these developments within a cultural and theatrical context. Illustrated by numerous musical examples and production photographs from several of the works discussed, this is the first monograph in English to examine post-war Italian opera in such lively detail. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-251), discography (pages 251-252) and index. |
| ISBN | 9057550016 |
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| Music | Item has been checked out | ML1733 .F43 1997 | Due 01/05/2027 | Want This? |