Orpheus in the Academy by Joel Schwindt - 9780367465964

Taylor & Francis

Orpheus in the AcademyMonteverdi's First Opera and the Accademia degli Invaghiti\nAuthor(s): Joel Schwindt\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367465964, 978-0367465964\nSynopsis\nThis book introduces a new perspective on Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo [tel], a work widely regarded as the 'first great opera', by exploring the influence of the Mantuan Accademia deglia Invaghiti, the group which hosted the operas performance, and to which the libretto author, Alessandro Striggio the Younger, belonged. Arguing that the Invaghiti played a key role in shaping the development of Orfeo, the author explores the philosophical underpinnings of the Invaghiti and Italian academies of the era. Drawing on new primary sources, he shows how the Invaghitis ideas about literature, dramaturgy, music, gender, and aesthetics were engaged and contested in the creation and staging of Orfeo. Relevant to researchers of music history, performanc.