Farnese Festival – Study Day “Ciascun sua voce snodi”

The Transformation of Vocality in Italian Opera from Monteverdi to Verdi

The event

June 6, 2024, Auditorium Monumental Complex of the Pilotta
Study day curated by Paola Cirani, director of the Palatina Library

Schedule

9.30 am Institutional greetings Moderated by Giulia Bassi
10.00 am Franco Fussi Physiology of the voice between Belcanto and Melodrama
10.30 am Roberto De Candia The scenic word: the Sesto Bruscantini case

coffee break

11.30 am Alberto Malazzi Verdi’s Chorus, vocal actor
12.00 am Gemma Bertagnolli – Giovanni Bietti The baroque voice: the weight of the word

lunch break

02.30 pm Ildebrando Mura Vocal evolution in the Vatican musical chapels
03 .00 pm Nicola Montenz In search of Italy, Greece, the infinite: Mediterranean aspects and  Nordic Sehnsucht in some Lieder by Franz Schubert
03.30 pm Angelo Foletto «Understanding the word and expressing it»: sung theatre or the “second practice”

coffee break

04.30 pm Nicoletta Conti The many aspects of coloratura in Belcanto
05.00 pm Paola Cirani The fashionable virtuosos

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