Università Roma Tre

History of Italian Opera from Monteverdi to Puccini
THERE WILL BE A GENERAL AND A MONOGRAPHIC PART. IN THE GENERAL, IT WILL BE TRACED DIACHRONICALLY THE EVOLUTION OF OPERA FROM ITS ORIGINS TO THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY (FUNDAMENTAL AUTHORS, DRAMATURGICAL PRINCIPLES AND DRAMATIC.MUSICAL STRUCTURES). THE MONOGRAPHIC PART WILL ANALYZE SOME OPERA FROM THE CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE OF ITALIAN OPERA

- GILLES DE VAN, L’OPERA ITALIANA. LA PRODUZIONE, L’ESTETICA, I CAPOLAVORI, CAROCCI, 2012 (PRIMA ED. 2002).
- ESSAYS AND DVDS ON THE MONOGRAPHIC PART OF THE COURSE (THEY WILL BE COMMUNICATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LESSONS);
STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ATTEND THE LESSONS HAVE TO STUDY THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL BOOK:
- FABRIZIO DELLA SETA, «...NON SENZA PAZZIA». PROSPETTIVE SUL TEATRO MUSICALE, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2008, ESCLUSI I CAPITOLI 4, 6 E 9.