Opera in (Italian) Film: From Intermediality to Remediation
Abstract
This essay focuses on Italian opera in film. Initially, the theory is reconsidered, showing how intermediality, intertextuality, and remediation are perspectives that coexist in studies of opera in film, yet they are not entirely overlapping. A case study is then examined, the Italian film The Spider’s Stratagem (Strategia del ragno, 1970) by Bernardo Bertolucci, highlighting how an approach based on the dynamics of remediation is essential, to fully understand how, in this film, opera contributes to define a way of critically representing and analysing history.
Submitted: Dec. 12, 2024 | Accepted: Feb. 19, 2025 | Published Oct. 22, 2025 | Language: en
Keywords The Spiders’ Stratagem • Bernardo Bertolucci • Intertextuality • Intermediality • Remediation • Italian political cinema • Opera in film
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