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Laughter between Two Revolutions: Opera Buffa in Italy, 1831-1848

Laughter between Two Revolutions: Opera Buffa in Italy, 1831-1848
Laughter between Two Revolutions: Opera Buffa in Italy, 1831-1848
This study represents the first substantial assessment of Italian comic operas composed during the central years of the Risorgimento -- the period during which upheavals, revolutions, and wars ultimately led to the liberation and unification of Italy. Music historians often view the period as one during which serious Romantic opera flourished in Italy while opera buffa inexorably declined.

Laughter between Two Revolutions revises this widespread notion by viewing well-known masterpieces -- such as Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore (1832) and Don Pasquale (1843) -- as part of a still-thriving tradition. Also examined are opere buffe by Luigi Ricci, Lauro Rossi, Verdi (Un giorno di regno), and others, many of which circulated widely at the time. Francesco Izzo's pathbreaking study argues that in the "realm of seriousness" of mid-nineteenth-century Italy, comedy was not an anachronistic intruder, but a significant and vital cultural presence.

Laughter between Revolutions: Opera Buffa in Italy, 1831-1848 offers new insights into opera history and theories of humor in the arts. It will be of interest to opera lovers everywhere and to students in such fields as music, philosophy, comparative literature, and Italian cultural studies.
9781580462938
University of Rochester Press
Izzo, Francesco
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Izzo, Francesco
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Izzo, Francesco (2013) Laughter between Two Revolutions: Opera Buffa in Italy, 1831-1848 (Eastman Studies in Music), Rochester, US. University of Rochester Press, 300pp.

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This study represents the first substantial assessment of Italian comic operas composed during the central years of the Risorgimento -- the period during which upheavals, revolutions, and wars ultimately led to the liberation and unification of Italy. Music historians often view the period as one during which serious Romantic opera flourished in Italy while opera buffa inexorably declined.

Laughter between Two Revolutions revises this widespread notion by viewing well-known masterpieces -- such as Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore (1832) and Don Pasquale (1843) -- as part of a still-thriving tradition. Also examined are opere buffe by Luigi Ricci, Lauro Rossi, Verdi (Un giorno di regno), and others, many of which circulated widely at the time. Francesco Izzo's pathbreaking study argues that in the "realm of seriousness" of mid-nineteenth-century Italy, comedy was not an anachronistic intruder, but a significant and vital cultural presence.

Laughter between Revolutions: Opera Buffa in Italy, 1831-1848 offers new insights into opera history and theories of humor in the arts. It will be of interest to opera lovers everywhere and to students in such fields as music, philosophy, comparative literature, and Italian cultural studies.

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Published date: 1 December 2013
Organisations: Music

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Local EPrints ID: 154241
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/154241
ISBN: 9781580462938
PURE UUID: ec64f59a-287e-4e7c-bd72-9ad56241be74

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Date deposited: 10 May 2011 09:16
Last modified: 10 Dec 2021 18:11

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