In the contrast between seeing and hearing at the centre of the myth of Orpheus, the duality of memory and recollection, in Aristotelian terms, emerges, allowing us to reconsider the role of Eurydice in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo. When Orpheus, in a moment of frenzy and forgetfulness, turns back towards Eurydice he chooses the visibility of the eye over the audibility of the ear. The process of active recollection of the past, which he had initiated with the canzonetta Vi ricorda o boschi ombrosi, ends with the failure of music and the inability to retain the object of his love. Conversely, Eurydice’s words – Ahi, vista troppo dolce – after Orpheus looks at her, reveals a musical connection to past moments. In this way, her singing is the...
After a long gap in their reception history, Claudio Monteverdi’s operas have since the early twent...
The Middle English lai Sir Orfeo combines elements from the Greco-Roman, Christian, and Northern Eur...
Originally a Greek character, Orpheus begins to be connected with Thrace in the first half of the fi...
In the contrast between seeing and hearing at the centre of the myth of Orpheus, the duality of mem...
This paper aims to uncover the meaning of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in Italian theatre plays ...
The Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice was the basis for two of the earliest operas circa 1600 and h...
With Orpheus it is assumed that the harmonic balance appears embodied in music. Orpheus is a balm th...
En el nacimiento de la ópera (el melodrama) el tema elegido de manera mayoritaria fue el del mito de...
This dissertation offers a reading of Alessandro Striggio and Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo as a reflec...
This is from Orfeo\u27s climactic aria, Che faro senza Euridice, in Gluck\u27s opera, Orfeo ed Eurid...
Robert Henryson's Orpheus and Eurydice must be reappraised because critical thought has not grasped...
“Fishes leapt out from the blue water because of his sweet music”. Music, poetry and soul in Orpheus...
The Orpheus myth is central to the symbolic representation of the power of music, synonymous with th...
In Ovid’s Metamorphoses the sorrow of Orpheus for the gemina nex of his wife Euridice becomes visibl...
The episode of “The Death of Orpheus” opens the book XI (1-66) in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. It functions...
After a long gap in their reception history, Claudio Monteverdi’s operas have since the early twent...
The Middle English lai Sir Orfeo combines elements from the Greco-Roman, Christian, and Northern Eur...
Originally a Greek character, Orpheus begins to be connected with Thrace in the first half of the fi...
In the contrast between seeing and hearing at the centre of the myth of Orpheus, the duality of mem...
This paper aims to uncover the meaning of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in Italian theatre plays ...
The Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice was the basis for two of the earliest operas circa 1600 and h...
With Orpheus it is assumed that the harmonic balance appears embodied in music. Orpheus is a balm th...
En el nacimiento de la ópera (el melodrama) el tema elegido de manera mayoritaria fue el del mito de...
This dissertation offers a reading of Alessandro Striggio and Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo as a reflec...
This is from Orfeo\u27s climactic aria, Che faro senza Euridice, in Gluck\u27s opera, Orfeo ed Eurid...
Robert Henryson's Orpheus and Eurydice must be reappraised because critical thought has not grasped...
“Fishes leapt out from the blue water because of his sweet music”. Music, poetry and soul in Orpheus...
The Orpheus myth is central to the symbolic representation of the power of music, synonymous with th...
In Ovid’s Metamorphoses the sorrow of Orpheus for the gemina nex of his wife Euridice becomes visibl...
The episode of “The Death of Orpheus” opens the book XI (1-66) in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. It functions...
After a long gap in their reception history, Claudio Monteverdi’s operas have since the early twent...
The Middle English lai Sir Orfeo combines elements from the Greco-Roman, Christian, and Northern Eur...
Originally a Greek character, Orpheus begins to be connected with Thrace in the first half of the fi...