Echi e silenzi: fortuna e sfortuna dell’Agamennone nel teatro musicale

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dc.contributor.author	Casali Giovanna
dc.title	Echi e silenzi: fortuna e sfortuna dell’Agamennone nel teatro musicale
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dc.description.abstract	This essay aims to offer some considerations on the reception of Agamemnon in musical theatre. First of all, it will investigate the reasons why the presence of Aeschylus’ tragedy on the operatic stage is so scant, highlighting the reasons for the compositional and thematic choices that have left the drama in silence. Then, through some specific examples, it will analyse the presence of echoes of the Agamemnon since, as a tragedy, it had rarely been a source of a specific libretto. In contrast, the Atreus’ house protagonists have had ample fortune as characters in operas concerning, for example, the sacrifice of Iphigenia and not the Oresteia trilogy. The reflection on the reception of Aeschylus’ tragedy will then allow for advancing some general suggestions on a possible path of investigation within the study of the fortune of the ancient Greek classics in musical theatre.
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dc.relation.ispartof	Lexis Studies in Greek and Latin Literature
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2022-12-13
dc.dateAccepted	2022-03-15
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-12-22
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-633-6/echi-e-silenzi-fortuna-e-sfortuna-dellagamennone-n/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-632-9/013
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dc.identifier.eissn	2724-3362
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-633-6
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-632-9
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Ancient Greek drama
dc.subject	Classical reception studies
dc.subject	Libretto
dc.subject	Musical theatre
dc.subject	Opera

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Echi e silenzi: fortuna e sfortuna dell’Agamennone nel teatro musicale

Giovanna Casali Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Italia

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This essay aims to offer some considerations on the reception of Agamemnon in musical theatre. First of all, it will investigate the reasons why the presence of Aeschylus’ tragedy on the operatic stage is so scant, highlighting the reasons for the compositional and thematic choices that have left the drama in silence. Then, through some specific examples, it will analyse the presence of echoes of the Agamemnon since, as a tragedy, it had rarely been a source of a specific libretto. In contrast, the Atreus’ house protagonists have had ample fortune as characters in operas concerning, for example, the sacrifice of Iphigenia and not the Oresteia trilogy. The reflection on the reception of Aeschylus’ tragedy will then allow for advancing some general suggestions on a possible path of investigation within the study of the fortune of the ancient Greek classics in musical theatre.

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Dec. 13, 2022

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March 15, 2022

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Dec. 22, 2021

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Keywords: Ancient Greek drama • Libretto • Opera • Classical reception studies • Musical theatre

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