Staging Euridice : theatre, sets, and music in late renaissance Florence /

Staging Euridice : theatre, sets, and music in late renaissance Florence /

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Author / Creator:	Carter, Tim, 1954- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. ©2021
Description:	xxix, 252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Peri, Jacopo, -- 1561-1633. -- Euridice. Rinuccini, Ottavio, -- 1562-1621. -- Euridice. Cigoli, Ludovico Cardi da, -- 1559-1613. Caccini, Giulio, -- 1551-1618. -- Rapimento di Cefalo. Chiabrera, Gabriello, -- 1552-1638. -- Rapimento di Cefalo. Medici, House of. Cigoli, Ludovico Cardi da, -- 1559-1613. Medici, House of. Euridice (Peri, Jacopo) Opera -- Stage-setting and scenery -- Italy -- Florence -- History -- 16th century. Opera -- Stage-setting and scenery -- Italy -- Florence -- History -- 17th century. Opera -- Stage-setting and scenery. Italy -- Florence. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12769778

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Other authors / contributors:	Fantappiè, Francesca, 1973- author.
ISBN:	9781316515402 1316515400 9781009005715 1009005715 9781009036696
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.
Summary:	"The reign of Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici from 1587 until his death in 1609 was marked by three prominent weddings: his own to Christine of Lorraine in May 1589; his niece Maria de' Medici to King Henri IV of France in October 1600; and his son Prince Cosimo de' Medici (later Grand Duke Cosimo II) to Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria in October 1608. The festivities celebrating the 1589 and 1608 weddings culminated in the performance of a comedy (Girolamo Bargagli's La pellegrina and Michelangelo Buonarroti il giovane's Il giudizio di Paride) with spectacular intermedi before, between, and after the five acts of the play: indeed, the six intermedi to La pellegrina (1589) are widely regarded as a pinnacle of the genre, and the epitome of Medici court entertainments as political propaganda"--
Other form:	Online version: Carter, Tim, 1954- Staging Euridice [1.] Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781009036696

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Summary:	Euridice was one of several music-theatrical works commissioned to celebrate the wedding of Maria de' Medici and King Henri IV of France in Florence in October 1600. As the first 'opera' to survive complete, it has been viewed as a landmark work, but its libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini and music by Jacopo Peri and Giulio Caccini have tended to be studied in the abstract rather than as something to be performed in a specific time and place. Staging "Euridice" explores how newly-discovered documents can be used to precisely reconstruct every aspect of its original stage and sets in the room for which it was intended in the Palazzo Pitti. By also taking into account what the singers and instrumentalists did, what the audience saw and heard, and how things changed from creation through rehearsals to performance, this book brings new aspects of Euridice to light in startling ways.
Physical Description:	xxix, 252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.
ISBN:	9781316515402 1316515400 9781009005715 1009005715 9781009036696