To the court of the Tsarinas and back again: Italian performers' itineraries, careers, and networks across Europe

In the 18th century Italian theatre and its artists became vital to Russian rulers, who employed Italian musico-dramatic works to advance their political agendas and emphasize Russia's cultural uniqueness and its cosmopolitan character. Innumerable playwrights and composers, actors and singers...

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1. Verfasser: Korneeva, Tatiana 1982- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter [2023]
Schriftenreihe:WeltLiteraturen / World Literatures : Schriftenreihe der Friedrich Schlegel Graduiertenschule für literaturwissenschaftliche Studien 23
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Zusammenfassung:In the 18th century Italian theatre and its artists became vital to Russian rulers, who employed Italian musico-dramatic works to advance their political agendas and emphasize Russia's cultural uniqueness and its cosmopolitan character. Innumerable playwrights and composers, actors and singers were active at the Russian court. Usually considered at best peripheral to Europe, the faraway Russian Empire represents a particularly powerful example of the mobility of theatre agents and the circulation of artistic practices. This book sets a new regional accent on imperial Russia, thus mitigating the traditional historiographical emphasis on Western Europe, and adopts a transnational approach to theatre and music history. Its aim is twofold. First, to explore Italian music-theatrical repertoires that occupied a crucial position within the spectacle of absolutism in Russia. Second, to investigate careers and travel routes of the Italian theatre professionals. The examination of their activities at the Russian court aims not only to provide a fuller understanding of their vital role in the transmission of socio-political and artistic ideas, but also to more firmly situate Russia in the broader arena of European cultural production
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (XV, 183 Seiten)
ISBN:9783110751062
DOI:10.1515/9783110751062

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