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Opera, Tragedy, and Neighbouring Forms from Corneille to Calzabigi
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Since the nineteenth century, some of the most influential
historians have portrayed opera and tragedy as wholly distinct
cultural phenomena. These historians have denied a meaningful
connection between the tragedy of the ancients and the efforts of
early modern composers to arrive at styles that were intensely
dramatic. Drawing on a series of case studies, Opera, Tragedy, and
Neighbouring Forms from Corneille to Calzabigi traces the
productive, if at times rivalrous, relationship between opera and
tragedy from the institution of French regular tragedy under
Richelieu in the 1630s to the reform of opera championed by
Calzabigi and Gluck in the late eighteenth century. Blair Hoxby and
his fellow contributors shed light on "neighbouring forms" of
theatre, including pastoral drama, tragédie en machines, tragédie
en musique, and Goldoni’s dramma giocoso. Their analysis includes
famous masterpieces by Corneille, Voltaire, Metastasio, Goldoni,
Calzabigi, Handel, and Gluck, as well as lesser-known artists such
as Luisa Bergalli, the first female librettist to write for the
public theatre in Italy. Opera, Tragedy, and Neighbouring Forms
from Corneille to Calzabigi delves into a series of quarrels and
debates in order to illuminate the history of seventeenth- and
eighteenth-century theatre.
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Imprint: |
University of Toronto Press
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Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
February 2024 |
First published: |
2024 |
Editors: |
Blair Hoxby
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4875-0351-2 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-4875-0351-2 |
Barcode: |
9781487503512 |
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