Performing Arts and Technical Issues

Roberto Illiano (ed). Pages: 480 p. Illustrations:15 b/w. Language(s):English, French, Italian. Brepols. Hardback. Publication Year:2021 .--- SUMMARY This volume addresses multiple facets of the artistic expression of a live performance, with a particular focus on the technical issues, people, and institutions related to it. Dance, musical theatre, mime, puppetry, and other performing arts are investigated through the lens of their various components, as well as their protagonists — impresarios, companies, designers, conductors and directors. Specific sections of the book are devoted to lighting, scenography and costume design, staging, but also on circus, puppetry, dance, and entertainers. A number of articles are dedicated to single artists: Diaghilev, Massenet, Pacini, Poulenc, Verdi, and Wagner. With contributions by (in alphabetical order): Mathias Auclair, Raphaël Bortolotti, Michael Burden, Maria Birbili, Simone Ciolfi, Francesc Cortes, María Encina Cortizo, Nathalie Coutelet, Petra Dotlacilova, Catrina Flint, Federico Gon, Vesa Kurkela, Jürgen Maehder, Scott Palmer, Bertrand Porot, Manuela Rita, Ramón Sobrino, Valeriya Zharkova. TABLE OF CONTENTS Roberto Illiano Preface Performing Arts: Puppetry, Circus, Dance, Entertainers Catrina Flint de Médicis From Provence to Montmartre: Setting the Stage for Maurice Bouchor’s Little Wooden Actors Bertrand Porot Les «jeux» des foires au xviiie siècle: les spectacles d’acrobate Nathalie Coutelet Les pantomimes nautiques du Nouveau-Cirque ou les pouvoirs spectaculaires de l’eau Mathias Auclair Les «fêtes galantes 1923»: Les Biches et le «festival français» des Ballets russes Vesa Kurkela Miscellany and the Great Split: Itinerant Entertainers in 19th-Century Helsinki Technical Issues: Stage Lighting Scott Palmer A Staging Revolution through Light and Music: Adolphe Appia, Wagner and Hugo Bähr María Encina Cortizo – Ramón Sobrino Luis París, director de escena en el Teatro Real de Madrid: de la escenografía iluminada a la creación de una poética de la luz escenográfica (1896-1907) Francesc Cortès Los proyectos para una renovación escénica del G. T. del Liceu en el cambio de siglo (xix-xx): mirando al futuro Jürgen Maehder The Early History of Laser Rays on the Opera Stage: Munich – London – Geneva – (Paris) – Bayreuth Scenography and Costumes Design Raphaël Bortolotti Les décors et machines originaux du théâtre de Feltre: Enjeux techniques d’une scène de province dans l’Italie du xixème siècle Valeriya Zharkova Principles of Creating a Scenic Image in the Opéra-Comique. Theatre in the Last Quarter of the Nineteenth Century Federico Gon «…I am satisfied that what is written will be done simply and exactely»: Reflections on «inventing the truth» in Rigoletto’s Staging Petra DotlaČilová Visible and Invisible Hands: Costume-Making Practices of Italian Music Theatre in the Early Modern Era Staging Simone Ciolfi ‘Verisimilitude’, ‘Simplicity’, ‘Naturalness’: Cultural Background and Performance Strategies of Eighteenth-century Cantata Recitatives Michael Burden «Put upon the stage as no opera I have ever seen for truth»: The London Staging of Pacini’s Saffo in 1843 Manuela Rita Le disposizioni sceniche per Il re di Lahore ed Erodiade: La prassi della messinscena teatrale nel contesto delle relazioni Italia-Francia nella Terza Repubblica Maria Birbili Multimediality, Special Effects, and Precursory Film Techniques in the Staging of French grand opéra: The Composer as a Stage Director. …