Italian Opera in the Eighteenth Century

FAIN: FS-10248-76

University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA 22903-4833)
Milos M. Velimirovic (Project Director: January 1976 to present)

To explore the conventions and traditions of Italian opera in the 18th century. The seminar will study the relationship of the libretto and music in a few representative examples; the types of recitative and aria; performance problems and reconstruction of scores. Both basic types of opera, "opera buffa" and "opera seria" will be examined.