Università Roma Tre

History of Italian Opera from Monteverdi to Puccini.
THERE WILL BE A GENERAL AND A MONOGRAPHIC PART. IN THE GENERAL ONE, THE EVOLUTION OF OPERA FROM ITS ORIGINS TO THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY (FUNDAMENTAL AUTHORS, DRAMATURGICAL PRINCIPLES AND DRAMATIC MUSICAL STRUCTURES) WILL BE TRACED. THE MONOGRAPHIC PART WILL ANALYZE THREE OPERAS FROM THE CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE OF ITALIAN OPERA, WHICH WILL BE INDICATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LESSONS AND SELECTED ALSO ON THE BASIS OF THE ARTISTIC SEASON OF THE OPERA DI ROMA.

- GILLES DE VAN, L’OPERA ITALIANA. LA PRODUZIONE, L’ESTETICA, I CAPOLAVORI, CAROCCI, 2012 (PRIMA ED. 2002).
- SELECTED ESSAYS AND DVDS ON THE MONOGRAPHIC PART OF THE COURSE. SELECTED ESSAYS WELL BE AVAILABLE IN COPY SHOPS (VIA GIULIO ROCCO). DVDS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE BIBLIOTECA DI SPETTACOLO “LINO MICCICHÈ".

STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ATTEND THE LESSONS HAVE TO STUDY SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER