Search results for "Ferdinando IV di Borbone"

Dall’ascesa al trono di Ferdinando IV alla prima Restaurazione borbonica

2014

Suggestioni archeologiche, sperimentazione drammaturgica e propaganda politica nel «Natal di Telefo» di Saverio Mattei e Giacomo Insanguine (1770)

2016

Saverio Mattei (1742-1795) was a very eclectic figure in the context of the Neapolitan culture in the second half of the eighteenth century. The article illustrates and discusses the librettos he wrote to solemnize the birthdays of the King of Spain Charles III, the King of Naples Ferdinand IV and his wife Maria Carolina of Austria. The special dramatic works requested in these occasions, called “prologhi”, were performed in the San Carlo theatre before the opera, and consisted of short actions for three characters alluding to the festive circumstances. Mattei was conscious of the risk of boredom inherent in the celebratory genre, so he tried to make more interesting his pièces by adopting …