Opera, theatrical culture and society in late eighteenth-century Naples / Anthony R. DelDonna.

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DelDonna, Anthony

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TextSeries: Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in operaPublication details: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 318 pages) : musicContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781409422792
1409422798

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Opera, theatrical culture and society in late eighteenth-century Naples.DDC classification:

792.50945/73109033 23

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ML1733.8.N3 D46 2012eb

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Contents:

Opera, antiquity, and the Neapolitan Enlightenment in Paisiello's Socrate immaginario (1775) -- Naples, carnevale and the commedia per musica : Il convitato di pietra (1783) -- Giovanni Paisiello's Elfrida : operatic idol, martyr and symbol of nation -- Nationalism, cultural identity and the modern Neapolitan kingdom : Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi and Enea, e Lavinia -- Debora e Sisara and the rise of Lenten tragedy -- At the precipice of revolution : Piccinni's Gionata (1792) as drama and diplomacy -- The Neapolitan Ballet d'Action : Il ratto delle Sabine (1780) -- The Neapolitan Ballet d'Action and the art of experimentation.

Summary: Anthony R. DelDonna provides a rich study of operatic culture from 1775-1800. The book demonstrates how contemporary stage traditions, stimulated by the Enlightenment, engaged with and responded to the changing social, political, and artistic contexts of the late eighteenth century in Naples. It focuses on select, yet representative, compositions from different genres of opera that illuminate the diverse contemporary cultural forces shaping these works and underlining the continued innovation and European recognition of operatic culture in Naples.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-309) and index.

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Anthony R. DelDonna provides a rich study of operatic culture from 1775-1800. The book demonstrates how contemporary stage traditions, stimulated by the Enlightenment, engaged with and responded to the changing social, political, and artistic contexts of the late eighteenth century in Naples. It focuses on select, yet representative, compositions from different genres of opera that illuminate the diverse contemporary cultural forces shaping these works and underlining the continued innovation and European recognition of operatic culture in Naples.

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