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Staging Euridice : theatre, sets, and music in late renaissance Florence / Tim Carter, Francesca Fantappiè.
LIBRA ML1733.8.F6 C37 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carter, Tim, 1954- author.
- Fantappiè, Francesca, 1973- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peri, Jacopo, 1561-1633. Euridice.
- Peri, Jacopo.
- Rinuccini, Ottavio, 1562-1621. Euridice.
- Rinuccini, Ottavio.
- Cigoli, Ludovico Cardi da, 1559-1613.
- Cigoli, Ludovico Cardi da.
- Caccini, Giulio, 1551-1618. Rapimento di Cefalo.
- Caccini, Giulio.
- Chiabrera, Gabriello, 1552-1638. Rapimento di Cefalo.
- Chiabrera, Gabriello.
- Medici, House of.
- Euridice (Peri, Jacopo).
- Opera--Stage-setting and scenery--Italy--Florence--History--16th century.
- Opera.
- Opera--Stage-setting and scenery--Italy--Florence--History--17th century.
- Opera--Stage-setting and scenery.
- History.
- Italy--Florence.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "The reign of Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici from 1587 until his death in 1609 was marked by three prominent weddings: his own to Christine of Lorraine in May 1589; his niece Maria de' Medici to King Henri IV of France in October 1600; and his son Prince Cosimo de' Medici (later Grand Duke Cosimo II) to Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria in October 1608. The festivities celebrating the 1589 and 1608 weddings culminated in the performance of a comedy (Girolamo Bargagli's La pellegrina and Michelangelo Buonarroti il giovane's Il giudizio di Paride) with spectacular intermedi before, between, and after the five acts of the play: indeed, the six intermedi to La pellegrina (1589) are widely regarded as a pinnacle of the genre, and the epitome of Medici court entertainments as political propaganda"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Euridice in Context
- The Marriage Negotiations
- The 1600 Festivities
- Two Invoices and an Inventory
- The Performance of "A Comedy by Signor Jacopo Corsi" (Spring 1600)
- The Performance of Euridice on 6 October 1600
- 2. Staging and Sets
- Some Theoretical and Other Sources
- The Sala delle Statue and Sala delle Commedie
- The Framing of the Stage
- The Proscenium
- The Stage Platform (and Below)
- The "Sky"
- The Pastoral Set
- The Underworld Set
- Stage Lighting
- The Main Floor
- 3. Euridice in Performance
- The Performers
- From Page to Stage
- "Speaking" and "Singing"
- Costumes, Movement, Gesture
- Reading Euridice
- 4. Conclusions and Consequences
- Later Entertainments in the Sala delle Commedie
- Euridice Today
- Appendix I Documents
- A. Lodovico Cigoli's Invoice for Designing and Painting the Stage and Scenery for Euridice
- B. Gianbattista Cresci's Inventory of Materials for Euridice
- C. Francesco Ricoveri's Invoice for Sewing Canvas, etc. for Euridice.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Fund of The Savoy Company.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Carter, Tim, 1954- Staging Euridice
- ISBN:
- 9781316515402
- 1316515400
- 9781009005715
- 1009005715
- OCLC:
- 1249092565
- Publisher Number:
- 99989784788
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