Teaching code

4S001451

Teacher

Vincenzo Borghetti

Coordinator

Vincenzo Borghetti

Credits

6

Also offered in courses:

• History of Music of the course Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-ART/07 - MUSICOLOGY AND HISTORY OF MUSIC

Period

Second half of Semester 1  dal Nov 13, 2017 al Jan 20, 2018.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

the course aims to introduce students to the advanced study of music theatre and its relationship with culture and society through the history and analysis of the operatic fortune of a literary subject.

Program

"La Gerusalemme liberata" in Music: Monteverdi, Lully, Rossini. The story Tancredi and Clorinda, that of the sorcerer Armida and her unhappy love for the crusader Rinaldo constitutes ones of the foremost narratives of Torquato Tasso’s "Jerusalem Delivered". The musical reception of these subjects was exceptionally wide, especially in opera and madrigal: both Armida and Rinaldo and Clorinda quickly met with a long-lasting musical fortune, well above any other narratives from sixteenth-century epic literature. The course will begin with an analysis of Tasso’s text, and will then focus on two among its most important musical settings and operatic stagings: "Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda" by Claudio Monteverdi "Armide" by Jean-Baptiste Lully (1686) and "Armida" by Gioachino Rossini (1817). These two last operas will function as case studies through which we will analyze the aesthetic, dramaturgical and ideological transformations of the story of Armida as it moved between different genres and media. They will also help us investigate the main features of two crucial moments in the history of opera: tragédie en musique in Louis XIV’s France and early-nineteenth-century Italian opera.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
- lecture notes;
- EMILIO RUSSO, "Guida alla lettura della 'Gerusalemme liberata' di Tasso, Roma-Bari, Laterza 2014;
- MARIO ARMELLINI, “Le due ‘Armide’. Metamorfosi estetiche e drammaturgiche da Lully a Gluck”, Firenze, Passigli 1993, pp. 9-86;
- CHARLES S. BRAUNER, “Da Tasso a Rossini: le metamorfosi di Armida”, in “Armida”, a cura di C. S. Brauner, Pesaro, Fondazione Rossini 2000 (I libretti di Rossini, 7), pp. XI-CXXIV;
*- PAOLO FABBRI, "Monteverdi", Torino, EDT 1985, pp. 248-252;
* - STEFANO LA VIA, "Il lamento di Armida abbandonata nella lettura polifonica di Claudio Monteverdi. Un’analisi poetico-musicale del madrigale “Vattene pur, crudel” (1592).", only pp. 1-20 (paragraph 3.4 included);
*- BRUNO CAGLI, “Dolci inganni, soavi catene”, in Gioachino Rossini, “Armida”, progamma di sala del Rossini Opera Festival 2014, pp. 13-21;
*- PATRICIA B. e CHARLES S. BRAUNER, “’Armida’: l’edizione critica e l’opera”, in Gioachino Rossini, “Armida”, progamma di sala del Rossini Opera Festival 2014, pp. 35-42;
* - VINCENZO BORGHETTI, "Appunti sull'opera italiana del primo Ottocento", pp. 1-9.
All books are available in the University library. The symbol * marks books available in the E-learning platform.

- an edition of the "Gerusalemme liberata" di Torquato Tasso. Free downloadable text: http://www.liberliber.it/mediateca/libri/t/tasso/gerusalemme_liberata/pdf/gerusa_p.pdf; free downloadable commeted edition: http://scans.library.utoronto.ca/pdf/9/14/lagerusalemmel00tass/lagerusalemmel00tass.pdf.

Libretti/sung texts
*- MONTEVERDI, "Combattimento di Tanbcredi e Clorinda", text
*- LULLY, “Armide”, libretto;
*- ROSSINI, “Armida”, libretto.
lThe symbol * marks books available in the E-learning platform.

Audio/Video of the operas/compositions:
- CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI, "Vattene pur crudel" (available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btdY76ugzcQ);
- CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI, "Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda" (available on YouTube YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GExPKXc8Xjc)
- JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY, “Armide”, dir.Robert Carsen, cond. William Christie, 2 DVD FRA Musica 2011 (available at the University LIbrary, reference Desk; available on YouTube YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zrbaEHomag)
- GIOACHINO ROSSINI, “Armida”, dir. Mary Zimmermann, cond. Riccardo Frizza, 2 DVD Decca 2010 (available at the University LIbrary, reference Desk; available on YouTube: Act 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T59oqypWkg4); act 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6H6-XXP21w); act 3 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsBRiy0ojr8).

If needed, further bibliography could be added during the therm

Examination Methods

Written text: three questions to be answered in 1h and 30m. The questions will be about the operas/compositions analyzed in the course (e.g. 1 on "Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda", one on "Armide" and one on "Armida").