{"id":22735,"date":"2021-01-12T10:05:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T09:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/?p=22735"},"modified":"2022-10-25T12:03:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T10:03:11","slug":"italian-opera-history-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ivirtuosidelloperadiroma.com\/en\/italian-opera-history-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian opera history: what you need to know!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s start with the language: Italian opera history<\/b><\/h2>\n

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When you read a story, the first thing you encounter is the language; to start, you have to know the language. So let’s start our journey through <\/span>Italian opera history<\/b> with the language itself and the word <\/span>opera<\/b>. It is the Italian word \u201c<\/span>opera<\/b>,\u201d which comes from the Latin “<\/span>opus<\/b>“, meaning a work, an activity, but also a work of art, and in the divine sense, creation itself. Therefore it is about <\/span>doing<\/b>, <\/span>producing<\/b>, <\/span>achieving<\/b> something, and finally <\/span>creating<\/b>: <\/span>Italian opera history<\/b>, then, is the story of an artistic creation that begins in …<\/span><\/p>\n

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Italian opera history: first the language, then the time and place of origin\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

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\u2026\u00a0 the 16th century, towards the end of the century. <\/span>Italian opera<\/b> originated almost five hundred years ago\u2014incredible, isn’t it? Without forgetting the \u201cpastoral drama\u201d of the end of the 15th century, without which it would be very boring! So, <\/span>Italian opera history<\/b> unfolds alongside Italian history and its birthplace is, obviously, Florence. Why \u201cobviously\u201d? It\u2019s simple: the most important and richest families in the country were living in Florence at that time. Around the <\/span>Bardi<\/b> family an entirely new type of performance came about, called “sung acting”. The <\/span>Medici<\/b> family was interested in this emerging new genre and commissioned what can be considered the first Italian opera \u201c<\/span>La Pellegrina<\/b>\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Italian opera history continues\u2026<\/b><\/h3>\n

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From these origins, <\/span>Italian opera<\/b> spread throughout Europe and, in the meantime, several local currents developed, such as <\/span>Roman<\/b>, <\/span>Neapolitan<\/b> and <\/span>Venetian<\/b>. But the period in which the development of Italian opera flourished the most was between the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, thanks to genius artists such as <\/span>Gioacchino Rossini<\/b>, <\/span>Giuseppe Verdi<\/b> and <\/span>Giacomo Puccini<\/b>. These composers collaborated with librettists inspired by the Romanticism movement and Shakespeare but also by French naturalism and the Scapigliatura artistic movement. Some prominent figures include Eug\u00e8ne Scribe, Arrigo Boito, and Antonio Ghislanzoni. <\/span>Italian opera history<\/b> remains Italian but is enriched by important contributions from the rest of Europe. And don’t forget that the <\/span>story of Verdi’s “La Traviata”<\/b><\/a> comes from Francesco Maria Piave’s libretto based on Alexandre Dumas fils’s novel “<\/span>La Dame aux Cam\u00e9lias<\/b>“.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Italian opera history and us<\/b><\/h3>\n

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And here we are, we have finally arrived! Today we can appreciate the grandeur of Italian opera history thanks to the <\/span>I Virtuosi dell\u2019opera di Roma Orchestra<\/b><\/a>, which restores the authenticity of great Italian opera. You cannot miss incredible shows like “<\/span>La Traviata<\/b><\/a>” or \u201c<\/span>Enchanting Opera Arias<\/b><\/a>,\u201d which take you on a journey through both the musical and literary history of Italy. For more information visit our <\/span>Shows<\/b> page. We can\u2019t wait to see you!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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