MUSIC DRAMATURGY

The course aims to give methodological tools for an appropriate knowledge on musical dramaturgy and to set opera theatre in the European history of Arts and culture.

The first part of the course will be devoted to the methodological foundations of the discipline.

The second part will be dedicated to Mozart’s operas and to their influence on the development of modern musical theatre; and to the comparison of Elektra by Richard Strauss and Erwartung by Schönberg and to the study of the cultural context (literary, artistic, philosophical) of the early years of the twentieth century

A. Principles and Practices of Discipline (1 CFU)

Texts:

C. Dahlhaus, Drammaturgia dell'opera italiana, Torino, EDT, 2005 (142 pp.).

L. Bianconi, La forma musicale come scuola dei sentimenti, in Educazione musicale e formazione, a cura di G. La Face e F. Frabboni, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2008, pp. 85-120.

B. The Musical Theater by Mozart (2 CFU)

Texts:

G. Bietti, Mozart all’opera. Le nozze di Figaro Don Giovanni Così fan tutte, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2015 (304 pp.).

C. The 20th Century Musical Theater and Modernity (3 CFU)

Texts:

G. Salvetti, La nascita del Novecento (Storia della musica a cura della Società Italiana di Musicologia), Torino, EDT, 2013, pp. 1-146

C. Orselli, Richard Strauss, Palermo, L’Epos, 2004, pp. 1-164

G. Pulvirenti, La farfalla accecata. Strutture dell’immaginario nell’opera di Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Milano, Mondadori, 2008, pp. 1-123

G. Borio, Nel labirinto della psiche: interpretazioni di Erwartung, in Erwartung, Teatro La Fenice, Stagione 2007, programma di sala, pp. 11-30.

Other educational materials will be provided by STUDIUM during the vision of the following works: Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Elektra, Erwartung.

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.