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LE CITTÀ DEI PASTICCI – PAISIELLO FESTIVAL 2023: I “fastosi” pasticci del Théâtre Feydeau: storie di scene e scenografi da Napoli a Parigi

L’intervento ripercorre la messa in scena di pasticci al Théâtre Feydeau di Parigi negli anni Novanta del 1700. Il teatro fu inaugurato nel 1789 sotto la direzione artistica di Giambattista Viotti con l’intento di essere la sede parigina dell’opera buffa napoletana. Da Napoli non giunse solo il repertorio musicale, ma anche lo scenografo torinese Ignazio […]

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ISECS 2023: Artistic Networks and Roman Encounters: Ignazio Degotti and Jacques-Louis David in Rome in 1784

In 1784, the Piedmontese stage designer Ignazio Degotti (1758-1824) moved to Rome, engaged to work at the Teatro Argentina. In that same year, the French painter Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) embarked on his second Roman sojourn, with the specific purpose of painting The Oath of the Horatii. In 1790, Degotti moved to Paris. Here, among prestigious

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ISECS 2023: Visualising Antiquity: The Use of Ancient Models in Dress, Dance and Scenography (I & II)

The long 18th century experienced a transformation in the ways in which antiquity was used, exhibited, and communicated to different social classes. While the use of the past in art, music, and drama has been extensively discussed, the influence of antiquity in fashion and the performing arts, and their mutual connections, has often been neglected

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