Francesco Bracci, Italiani contro l’opera. La ricezione negativa dell’opera italiana in Italia dal dopoguerra a oggi, Venezia, Marsilio, 2020, pp. 318, ISBN 978-88-297-0730-0.
Carolin Krahn
Abstract
Francesco Bracci’s book Italiani contro l’opera puts resentments towards opera in Italy since the post-war period into critical perspective. On the basis of an historically informed mixed-methods approach, Bracci combines musicological, cultural, sociological and Italianistic reflection. His solid investigation of repertoires, audiences and established narratives about Italian melodramma proves key to a better understanding of opera’s crisis in contemporary society.
Keywords
Francesco Bracci – Resentments towards Italian opera – Opera’s crisis in contemporary society – UNESCO on Italian Opera Singing – Verdi as the paradigm of 19th century opera – Stefano Bollani – René Leibowitz – Pierre Boulez
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