Goldoni as Librettist : Theatrical Reform and the Drammi Giocosi Per Musica
by
Ted Emery
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Studies in Italian Culture
ISBN-10
0820412309
ISBN-13
9780820412306
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 1st, 1992
Print length
238 Pages
Weight
522 grams
Dimensions
16.00 x 23.60 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Theatre: technical & background skillsLiterary studies: general
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Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793) is widely recognized as one of Italy''s finest playwrights, but his production for the operatic theatre is much less well known. While musicologists have established the importance of Goldoni''s innovations in the form of the comic libretto, literary scholars have tended to see the drammi giocosi as at best a pale reflection of the plays, and at worst a distortion of the «real» Goldoni.
In Goldoni as Librettist, Emery traces the complex web of relationships between plays and libretti, illustrating the ways in which the author used his operas to prepare for the comedies, or to experiment with themes to which the plays were closed. This reading of Goldoni''s operatic texts not only confirms their status as a form of literary activity, but also allows us to more fully understand Goldoni''s development as a playwright.
In Goldoni as Librettist, Emery traces the complex web of relationships between plays and libretti, illustrating the ways in which the author used his operas to prepare for the comedies, or to experiment with themes to which the plays were closed. This reading of Goldoni''s operatic texts not only confirms their status as a form of literary activity, but also allows us to more fully understand Goldoni''s development as a playwright.
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