Opera tra due mondi ricostruisce la parabola artistica di Italo Montemezzi, astro della lirica italiana del primo Novecento, protagonista di un’ascesa rapida e luminosa seguita da una lunga e ostinata rincorsa a una gloria che non riusc� a rinnovare. Formatosi al Conservatorio di Milano, una generazione dopo Puccini e Mascagni, Montemezzi fu presto accolto da Casa Ricordi, che in lui intravide la promessa di un’eredit� degna dei fasti di Verdi e Rossini. E, in effetti, la profezia sembr� avverarsi: nel 1913, L’amore dei tre re lo catapult� sulla scena mondiale, in particolare negli Stati Uniti, dove l’opera venne lanciata da Toscanini (�Un successo strabiliante di pubblico e stampa… Io ne sono ancora meravigliato� scrisse il direttore). Con quel capolavoro, profondamente radicato nella tradizione italiana ma aperto alle suggestioni wagneriane e oltre – tanto che la critica americana lo celebr� come �il dramma musicale pi� nobile venuto dall’Italia dai tempi dell’Otello � –, Montemezzi seppe dare voce autentica al gusto della sua epoca. Ma questo libro � anche la storia di un’ambizione tradita: ancora prima di trasferirsi in America nel 1939, infatti, l’astro di Montemezzi inizi� inesorabilmente a spegnersi in patria, tra difficolt� a realizzare nuovi progetti di livello, clima culturale poco favorevole e congiuntura storica sempre pi� drammatica, condannandolo alla marginalit� nella quale � rimasto ingenerosamente relegato anche dopo la morte.

A centocinquant’anni dalla nascita di Italo Montemezzi, questa prima monografia critica completa a lui dedicata ne ripercorre la vicenda esistenziale e la carriera, dalla campagna veronese a Beverly Hills, tra Belle �poque, ventennio fascista e show business internazionale. Un volume in grado di illuminare oltre mezzo secolo di storia e scena culturale sulle due sponde dell’Atlantico.

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