Calisto : Scenic Conceptions in the Seventeenth Century and Today
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Calisto: Scenic Conceptions in the Seventeenth Century
and Today
Jonathan Glixon
University of KentuckyGresham College, London
September 22, 2008
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Torelli: Courtyard sets from
Bellerofonte and Venere gelosa
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Tessin: drawing showing
decreasing size of flats
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Krumlov Theatre (1766): Garden Scene
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Krumlov Theatre (1766): Hall Scene
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Teatro SS. Giovanni e
Paolo, detail of plan
(1691-93)
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Teatro SS. Giovanni e
Paolo, detail of plan
(1691-93)
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Torelli, Set for Bellerofonte, Act I, Scene 1
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Torelli, Set for Bellerofonte, Act III, Scene 8
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Krumlov Theatre (1766): Sets and slots in stage
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Fano Theatre (18th century): Cross-section with flats and trolleys
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Krumlov Theatre: Trolleys on tracks
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Krumlov Theatre: Scene-changing mechanism
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Scenery for Calisto LIBRETTOThe Grotto of Eternity
Arid Wilderness
ForestThe Peak of Mount Liceo
The Plain of Erimanto
The Fountains of Ladone
The Empyrean
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Scenery for Calisto LIBRETTOThe Grotto of Eternity
Arid Wilderness
ForestThe Peak of Mount Liceo
The Plain of Erimanto
The Fountains of Ladone
The Empyrean
ACCOUNT BOOKthe grotto of eternity
the arid wilderness with the fountain,
the peaks of Mt. Liceo,
the plain of Erimanto
the fountains of Ladone
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Scenery for Calisto LIBRETTOThe Grotto of Eternity
Arid Wilderness
ForestThe Peak of Mount Liceo
The Plain of Erimanto
The Fountains of Ladone
The Empyrean
ACCOUNT BOOKthe grotto of eternity, with a
backdropthe arid wilderness with the
fountain, with backdrop
the peaks of Mt. Liceo, with backdrop
the plain of Erimanto
the fountains of Ladone with open backdrop
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Scenery for Calisto LIBRETTOThe Grotto of Eternity
Arid Wilderness
ForestThe Peak of Mount Liceo
The Plain of Erimanto
The Fountains of Ladone
The Empyrean
ACCOUNT BOOKthe grotto of eternity, with a
backdropthe arid wilderness with the
fountain, with backdrop
the peaks of Mt. Liceo, with backdrop
the plain of Erimanto without backdrop
the fountains of Ladone with open backdrop
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Scenery for Calisto LIBRETTOThe Grotto of Eternity
Arid Wilderness
ForestThe Peak of Mount Liceo
The Plain of Erimanto
The Fountains of Ladone
The Empyrean
ACCOUNT BOOKthe grotto of eternity, with a
backdropthe arid wilderness with the
fountain, with backdrop, and without backdrop
the peaks of Mt. Liceo, with backdrop and without backdrop
the plain of Erimanto without backdrop
the fountains of Ladone with open backdrop
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Scenery for Calisto LIBRETTOThe Grotto of Eternity
Arid Wilderness
ForestThe Peak of Mount Liceo
The Plain of Erimanto
The Fountains of Ladone
The Empyrean
ACCOUNT BOOKthe grotto of eternity, with a
backdropthe arid wilderness with the
fountain, with backdrop, and without backdrop
the peaks of Mt. Liceo, with backdrop and without backdrop
the plain of Erimanto without backdrop
the fountains of Ladone with open backdrop
The Empyrean, of clouds above and below
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Apotheosis from Germanico sul Reno
(1676)
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• The “meraviglioso” was a central concept in Baroque poetry and theatre
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• «opere musicali con meravigliose mutationi di scena, comparse maestose e ricchissime, machine e voli mirabilis; vedendosi per ordinario risplendenti cieli, citadi, mari, reggie, palazzi, boscaglie, foreste ed altre vaghe e dilettevoli apparenze»¹
• (“Musical works with marvellous changes of scene, majestic and sumptuous vehicles, wonderful machines and flights; splendid skies, towns, seas, kingdoms, palaces, woods, forests and various other delightful apparitions presented as everyday sights”).[1]
•[1] Francesco Sansovino, Venetia Città Nobilissima et Singolare, Venice 1663, p. 397.
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• do modern stagings of Seicento operas and of baroque operas in general still retain that dimension of the “meraviglioso”?
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Example 1
• Busenello-Cavalli’s Didone
• Venice, La Fenice theatre
• September 2006
• The production was conducted by Fabio Biondi and staged by the Design Department of Venice University [IUAV].
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• Design for Juno in Didone
Venice, La Fenice Theatre, 13 September 2005
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• Sketches for the character of Dido in Didone
Venice, La Fenice Theatre, 13 September 2005
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Didone, Act 1, scene 3
Venice, La Fenice Theatre, 13 September 2005
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Didone, Act 2, scene 9
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Didone, Act 2, scene 9Didone, Act 3, scene 7
The gods have informed Enea that he must leave Dido
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• static images vs. images in motion
• painting vs. cinema
• Slow vs. fast
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Example 2
• Gli amori di Apollo e Dafne
• Fano, Teatro della Fortuna
• Festival barocco 1998
• Director: Pier Luigi Pizzi
• Conductor: Alessandro de Marchi
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• Gli amori di Apollo e Dafne
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• The transformation of Daphne into a bay tree
Fano, La Fortuna Theatre, 1998
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• Gianlorenzo Bernini
• Apollo e Dafne
Fano, La Fortuna Theatre, 1998
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Example 3
• Calisto by Giovanni Faustini and Francesco Cavalli
• Brussels, Theatre La Monnaie
• 1996
• Director: Herbert Wernicke
• Conductor: René Jacobs
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Example 4
• La favola d’Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi
• Kent Opera
• 1976
• Director: Jonathan Miller
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From Jonathan Miller, Subsequent performances. 1986
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From Jonathan Miller, From Jonathan Miller, Subsequent performances. 1986Subsequent performances. 1986
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From Jonathan Miller, From Jonathan Miller, Subsequent performances. 1986Subsequent performances. 1986
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From Jonathan Miller, Subsequent performances. 1986
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Barcelona, Liceu, Deflo/SavallBarcelona, Liceu, Deflo/Savall
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Example 4
• Giulio Cesare by Handel
• Bologna, Comunale Theatre
• 2003
• Director: Luca Ronconi
• Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini
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Elizabeth Taylor at the opera
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• Centrality of the words versus pantomime acting
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• «.... cette action dramatique doit cependant pouvoir être comprise par les yeux comme l’action d’un ballet»
• (»...the dramatic action of a grand opera should be understood through vision, as is that of a ballet»).[1]
•[1] Véron, Mémoires, III, 352 (1853).
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• Do modern stagings of Baroque operas still retain the dimension of Meraviglioso?
• How is possible to put together historically oriented performances and size of modern theaters?
• How can we put together historic reconstruction and modern audience different perception ?– Listening habits
• Centrality of the words vs. pantomime acting– Visual habits
• Static images vs. images in motion – New Value system
• Absence of the gods• Happy ending vs. Fidelity to literary sources
• How can we create a modern equivalent?
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Un modellino di scena di Carlo Centolavigna per
Mefistofele
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