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Pietro Metastasio's Operatic Storm : Texts and Musics for Metastasio's Didone Abbandonata, Alessandro Nell'Indie, Artaserse, Demofoonte , and Adriano in Siria.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Llorens, Ana.
- Series:
- Epitome Musical Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dramatists, Italian.
- Opera in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (480 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Pietro Metastasio's Operatic Storm
- Pietro Metastasio’s Operatic Storm
- Place of Publication:
- Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols Publishers, 2024.
- Summary:
- This volume examines the extensive influence of Pietro Metastasio, a prolific dramatist of the 18th century, on opera seria. It collects literary and musical sources from Metastasio's operatic works, such as Didone abbandonata and Alessandro nell’Indie, which were set to music over a thousand times by numerous composers. The book, part of the Didone Project funded by an ERC Advanced Grant, aims to explore emotional expression in Metastasio's operas. It offers a detailed analysis of Metastasio's influence on the development of opera, backed by systematic research including bibliographic resources and archival exploration. The intended audience includes musicologists, historians, and scholars interested in operatic studies. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- Didone abbandonata (1724-1832)
- Ana Llorens, Lecturer, Department of Musicology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- scientific director, ERC Didone Project, email: allorens@ucm.es
- Gorka Rubiales Zabarte, 'Margarita Salas' postdoctoral researcher, Universidad Complutense de Madrid-Universidad de Salamanca, email: gorka.rubiales@usal.es
- Alessandro nell'Indie (1730-1831)
- Valentina Anzani, postdoctoral researcher, ERC Didone Project, Instituto Complutense de Ciencias Musicales, email: vanzani@iccmu.es
- Artaserse (1730-1850)
- Adriano in Siria (1732-1828)
- Tatiana Aráez Santiago, Lecturer, Department of Musicology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, ERC Didone Project, Instituto Complutense de Ciencias Musiales, email: tarez.santiago@ucm.es
- Demofoonte (1733-1836)
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9782503604374
- 2503604374
- OCLC:
- 1450105720
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