Programme

History of Italian Opera from Monteverdi to Puccini.
THERE WILL BE A GENERAL AND A MONOGRAPHIC PART. IN THE GENERAL ONE, THE EVOLUTION OF OPERA FROM ITS ORIGINS TO THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY (FUNDAMENTAL AUTHORS, DRAMATURGICAL PRINCIPLES AND DRAMATIC MUSICAL STRUCTURES) WILL BE TRACED. THE MONOGRAPHIC PART WILL ANALYZE THREE OPERAS FROM THE CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE OF ITALIAN OPERA, WHICH WILL BE INDICATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LESSONS AND SELECTED ALSO ON THE BASIS OF THE ARTISTIC SEASON OF THE OPERA DI ROMA.

Core Documentation

- GILLES DE VAN, L’OPERA ITALIANA. LA PRODUZIONE, L’ESTETICA, I CAPOLAVORI, CAROCCI, 2012 (PRIMA ED. 2002).
- SELECTION OF ESSAYS AND AUDIOVISUALS INDICATED BY THE TEACHER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LESSONS. THE ESSAYS ARE AVAILABLE IN PDF ON MOODLE AND ON THE COURSE TEAMS GROUP. THE THREE WORKS (BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, TRAVIATA, TOSCA) MUST BE VIEWED ON YOUTUBE OR ON DVD. THEIR ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE WILL BE VERIFIED DURING THE EXAM.

ONLY FOR NON-ATTENDERS:
- SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER AND AVAILABLE ON MOODLE AND ON THE COURSE TEAMS GROUP

Type of delivery of the course

The course is divided into 12 lectures, which will cover the following topics: - the origins of Opera - the Opera in Venice in the seventeenth century - the serious metastasian Opera in the early eighteenth century - the Opera seria after Metastasio - the Opera comica in the eighteenth century - Gluck's reform - Italian opera in the early nineteenth century - Giuseppe Verdi and the Opera of the second half of the 19th century - Puccini and the Giovane Scuola The three operas that are the subject of the monographic part will be also projected and commented.

Attendance

course attendance is however strongly recommended

Type of evaluation

oral exam, also with verification of musical knowledge of the works discussed in the monographic part