Art History

EMANUELE GIUSEPPE SENICI

At the end of the course, which focuses on several case studies each year, students will have acquired the conceptual, methodological and cultural framework for analyzing the aesthetic and dramaturgical transformations of opera when it meets the stage and its media; for understanding the material and technological features of the various media of music theatre; and for mastering some crucial moments in the recent history of opera.

At the end of the course, which focuses on several case studies each year, students will have acquired the conceptual, methodological and cultural framework for analyzing the aesthetic and dramaturgical transformations of opera when it meets the stage and its media; for understanding the material and technological features of the various media of music theatre; and for mastering some crucial moments in the recent history of opera.

No prerequisites

The course aims to introduce students to the advanced study of music theatre and of its relationship with culture and society through the analysis of its stagings and its media dissemination. Specific attention is devoted to the study of the media of music theatre, and the technologies employed for documenting, transmitting, hearing and seeing opera, especially over the last few decades.

The reading list will be published at the beginning of the lecture course on the professor's page on the "Corsidistudio" website:
https://corsidilaurea.uniroma1.it/it/users/emanueleseniciuniroma1it

Lectures with extensive use of audiovisual recordings.

Attending lectures is not strictly compulsory but it is warmly encouraged

Written exam with a few open-ended questions that require answers in the form of short essays.

- Si presenti criticamente una regia operistica [oppure una “messa in video”, a seconda del contenuto del modulo in un determinato anno accademico] non discussa in dettaglio nella bibliografia (indicata come parte integrante del modulo nel materiale di presentazione dello stesso sul sito di facoltà, sul frontespizio delle dispense e ripetutamente a lezione).