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Not Without Madness
In these 12 essays, the author explores the concept of opera as a dramatic event and an essential moment in the history of theatre. Examining the meaning of opera and the devices that produce and transmit this meaning, he looks at the complex verbal, musical and scenic mechanisms in parts of 'La Sonnambula', 'Ernani', 'Aida', 'Le Nozze di Figaro', 'Macbeth' and 'Il Trovatore'. He argues that approaches to the study of opera must address performance, interpretation, composition, reception, and cultural ramifications.
Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini, una figura complessa, sfuggente. Visse solo trentaquattro anni, ma nella sua breve esistenza compose opere destinate a lasciare un segno nella storia della musica e del teatro. I biografi ne descrissero la vita come un susseguirsi di trionfi e disillusioni, abbellendola di particolari sentimentali e romanzeschi e dipingendolo come un genio dall’aspetto angelico, tanto ispirato quanto poco padrone della tecnica musicale; altri enfatizzarono al contrario il lato meno affabile del suo carattere – l’insofferenza riservata ai colleghi, il cinismo nel rapporto con le donne –, finendo per diffonderne un’immagine assai lontana dalla realtà storica.Fabrizio Della Seta rac...
Adina
Among Rossini's operas Adina has perhaps the most mysterious origins. Commissioned by an unknown Portuguese admirer as a gift for an unknown soprano, composed in 1818 yet not performed until 1826, the opera develops the popular theme of the "abduction from the serraglio." Rossini, pressed by the contract to complete the work quickly, composed anew only four of the work's nine numbers: the Introduction, the disarming Cavatina Adina "Fragolette fortunate" (Lucky little strawberries), the Quartet, and the Finale; for three others he turned to his own Sigismondo of 1814; the remaining two were written by a collaborator. The critical edition, the first publication in full score, draws on the autograph of Sigismondo and Rossini's drafts for setting the new texts as well as the autograph of Adina. In his preface discussing Adina's uncertain genesis and successive history, Fabrizio Della Seta examines the documents extant in Portugal and Italy and considers hypotheses about the identity of the commissioner, the dedicatee, and the collaborator.
