Laughter between Two Revolutions (eBook)

Opera Buffa in Italy, 1831-1848

Francesco Izzo (Autor)

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2013
318 Seiten
Boydell & Brewer (Verlag)
978-1-58046-839-8 (ISBN)

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Tells the forgotten story of post-Rossinian opera buffa, with attention to masterpieces by Donizetti and fascinating comic works by Luigi Ricci, the young Verdi, and other composers.This study represents the first substantial assessment of Italian comic operas composed during the central years of the Risorgimento -- the period during which upheavals, revolutions, and wars ultimately led to the liberation andunification of Italy. Music historians often view the period as one during which serious Romantic opera flourished in Italy while opera buffa inexorably declined. Laughter between Two Revolutions revises this widespread notion by viewing well-known comic masterpieces -- such as Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore (1832) and Don Pasquale (1843) -- as part of a still-thriving tradition. Also examined are opere buffe by LuigiRicci, Lauro Rossi, Verdi (Un giorno di regno), and others, many of which circulated widely at the time. Francesco Izzo's pathbreaking study argues that in the "e;realm of seriousness"e; of mid-nineteenth-century Italy, comedywas not an anachronistic intruder, but a significant and vital cultural presence. This important volume offers new insights into opera history and theories of comedy in the arts. It will be of interest to opera lovers everywhere and to students in music, philosophy, comparative literature, and Italian cultural studies. Francesco Izzo is senior lecturer in music at the University of Southampton.

Inhalt

Introduction
Opera Buffa in 1832: Il nuovo Figaro and L'elisir d'amore
The Ricci Supremacy and the Celebration of Italian Comedy: Un'avventura di Scaramuccia (1834)
Old Librettos Revisited: Gaetano Rossi and Luigi Ricci's Le nozze di Figaro (1838) and Other Remakes
Genre in Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale (1843)
Genre in Giovanni Peruzzini and Lauro Rossi's Il borgomastro di Schiedam (1844)
"Evviva la Francia"? Nationality, Censorship, and Donizetti's La figlia del reggimento (1840)
Conclusion: The Ricci Legacy, Crispino e la comare (1850), and Post-1848 Opera Buffa
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.12.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Eastman Studies in Music
• Reihe/Serie: Eastman Studies in Music
• Zusatzinfo: 10 b/w, 15 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Rochester
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musikgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1831-1848 • comic operas • Donizetti • Italy • laughter • Luigi Ricci • Opera buffa • Risorgimento • Romantic opera • Two Revolutions • Verdi
• ISBN-10: 1-58046-839-X / 158046839X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-58046-839-8 / 9781580468398