Memoria e materia dell'opera d'arte

What were the origins of commedia dell’arte and how did it evolve as a dramatic form over time and as it spread from Italy? How did its relationship to the ruling ideology of the d...

You are getting ready for a performance of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and you have a few questions. How many clarinets are in the orchestra? How many orchestra members appear ons...

Il volume s’incentra sul principio d’automaticità delle prestazioni previdenziali, in base al quale a talune condizioni esse spettano al lavoratore anche quando la contribuzione ob...

In Opera as Art: Philosophical Sketches, Paul Thom argues for opera as an art, standing alongside other artforms that employ visual and sonic media to embody the great themes of hu...

L’amministrazione nell’esercizio di funzioni pubbliche ricerca efficienza e risparmi non solo riorganizzando la propria azione, ovvero esternalizzando tali funzioni, e cioè sostitu...

The focus of this chapter is the most successful grand opera company of the decade, the troupe of Emma Abbott. This prima donna was thoroughly trained in the Italian school and per...

In this chapter, the author reflects on the issue of race in opera and its impact on black singers. He first recounts his European operatic debut in Milan in 1960, singing the role...

This chapter examines the role of race and racial representation in Ernst Krenek's 1927 opera Jonny spielt auf (“Jonny Strikes Up”) in order to determine whether it can be consider...