Nero in Opera (eBook)

Librettos as Transformations of Ancient Sources

Gesine Manuwald (Autor)

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2013
418 Seiten
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-031751-0 (ISBN)

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This book analyses the story of Nero and Octavia, as dramatically told in the pseudo-Senecan Octavia, and its transformations in (early) modern opera and related pieces of other performative genres. In a close examination of the libretto (and dramatic) texts, the impact of this fascinating story is shown from the beginning of historical opera. The volume is therefore of relevance to literary scholars as well as to readers interested in the history of opera.

Gesine Manuwald, University College London, UK.

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Gesine Manuwald, University College London, UK.

Inhalt

Preface and acknowledgements 5
1 Introduction 9
1.1 Aims and outline 9
1.2 Basis: the ancient sources and their reception in the Renaissance 20
1.3 Background: features of 17th- and 18th-century opera 29
1.4 Ubiquity: the artistic reception of the Nero story 38
2 Nero in opera 45
2.1 Busenello, L’incoronazione di Poppea (1642/43) 45
2.2 Nero, Der Verzweifelte Und dadurch Das bedrengte Reich Befreyende (1663) 54
2.3 Aureli, Claudio Cesare (1671/72) 59
2.4 Corradi, Il Nerone / Nero (1678/79 / 1693) 66
2.5 Nero, Der verzweiffelte Selbst-Mörder (1685) 79
2.6 Contri, Agrippina in Baia (1687) 85
2.7 Neri, L’ingresso alla gioventù di Claudio Nerone (1692) 93
2.8 Noris, Nerone fatto Cesare (1692/93) 103
2.9 Noris, Il ripudio d’Ottavia (1699) 131
2.10 Silvani, La fortezza al cimento (1699) 24
2.11 Feustking, Nero (1705) 158
2.12 Feind, Octavia (1705) 167
2.13 Grimani, Agrippina (1709) 178
2.14 Piovene, Nerone / Nero (1721 / 1723) 188
2.15 ‘Cimbaloni’, Nerone detronato (1725/26) 201
2.16 Salfi, La congiura pisoniana (1797) 208
2.17 Barbier, Néron (1879) 216
2.18 Catelli, Nerone (1888) 224
2.19 Boito, Nerone (1901 / 1924) 233
2.20 Manén, Acté (1903 / 1908) Neró i Acté / Nero und Acté (1928)
2.21 Cain, Quo vadis? (1908/09) 248
2.22 Targioni-Tozzetti, Nerone (1935) 254
3 Nero in pieces of other performative genres 263
3.1 Lohenstein, Agrippina (1665) - spoken drama 263
3.2 Lohenstein, Epicharis (1665) - spoken drama 269
3.3 Biancolelli, Il Nerone (1666) - spoken drama 276
3.4 Boccaccio, Il Nerone (1675) - spoken drama 285
3.5 Leva, Il Nerone (c. 1675-80) - spoken drama 295
3.6 Lazarino, Gli sponsali per l’impero (1682) - spoken drama 306
3.7 Alfieri, Ottavia (1783) - spoken drama 317
3.8 Legouvé, Épicharis et Neron (1794) - spoken drama 323
3.9 Panzieri, La morte di Nerone (1815/16) - ballet 331
3.10 Cossa, Nerone (1871) - spoken drama 337
3.11 Pallerini, Nerone (1877) - ballet 347
4 Conclusions 355
Appendices 367
App. 1: frequency and distribution of key motifs and main characters 367
App. 2: overview of all dramatic characters and their background 374
Bibliography 403

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.5.2013
• Reihe/Serie: ISSN
• Reihe/Serie: ISSN
• Reihe/Serie: Transformationen der Antike
• Reihe/Serie: Transformationen der Antike
• Verlagsort: Berlin/Boston
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musikgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Antike /Rezeption • Nero • Octavia • Oper • Opera
• ISBN-10: 3-11-031751-6 / 3110317516
• ISBN-13: 978-3-11-031751-0 / 9783110317510