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Opera, ball and spoken theatre at the royal palace of Caserta

Lucio Tufano

subject

Settore L-ART/07 - Musicologia E Storia Della MusicaCharles of Bourbon Ferdinand IV of Bourbon Giovanni Paisiello Michele Sarcone

description

The royal palace of Caserta was built at the behest of Charles of Bourbon but completed under his son, Ferdinand IV. During the second half of the Eigheteenth Century, it hosted many different musical activities; succesfull serious and comic operas already performed in the theatres of Naples as well as vocal and instrumental concerts were offered there to a selected audience. Tragedies, “all’immprovviso” comedies and balls were also frequently enjoyed by the members of the royal family. In the small center of San Leucio, 4 kilometres far from Caserta, Paisiello’s “Nina o sia La pazza per amore” was premiered in 1789.

10.17885/heiup.778http://hdl.handle.net/10447/516653