To the Court of the Tsarinas and Back Again : : Italian Performers’ Itineraries, Careers, and Networks across Europe / / Tatiana Korneeva.

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• VerfasserIn: Korneeva, Tatiana,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: WeltLiteraturen / World Literatures : Schriftenreihe der Friedrich Schlegel Graduiertenschule für literaturwissenschaftliche Studien , 23
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XV, 183 p.)

In the 18th century Italian theatre and its artists became vital to Russian rulers, who employed Italian musico-dramatic works to advance their political agendas and emphasize Russia’s cultural uniqueness and its cosmopolitan character. Innumerable playwrights and composers, actors and singers were...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• List of Abbreviations
• A Note on Transcription, Transliteration, and Translation
• Introduction
• Chapter 2 The First Italian Operisti in St Petersburg: intermezzi comici, Production Practice, and Audience Reception
• Chapter 3 Crossing Cultures: the commedia dell’arte for the Russian Court
• Chapter 4 Woman Matters: Adriana Sacco and Carlo Goldoni
• Chapter 5 Cultural Transfers between St Petersburg, Dresden, and Venice
• Chapter 6 ‘Comedy of Errors’: Overlapping Identities and Travel Routes of the Two Antonio Sacco
• Afterword
• Appendix 1 Composition of the Three Italian Companies Active at the Russian Imperial Court in 1731–1738
• Appendix 2 Repertoire of the Three Italian Companies Active at the Russian Imperial Court in 1731–1738
• Appendix 3 Repertoire of the comici italiani in Dresden and Warsaw, Season 1748/1749
• Appendix 4 Antonio Sacco’s Family Tree
• Appendix 5 Giuseppe Sacco’s Family Tree
• Appendix 6 Composition of Giovanni Battista Locatelli’s opera buffa troupes in St Petersburg and Moscow, 1757–c. 1762
• Appendix 7 Chronological List of Giovanni Antonio Sacco’s Ballets in St Petersburg in 1757–1761
• Appendix 8 Transcription and Translation of Giuseppe Sarti’s Letter to Theatre Management in Copenhagen and the Draft of Giovanni Antonio Sacco’s Contract
• Appendix 9 Chronological List of Giovanni Antonio Sacco’s Ballets at the Danish Royal Theatre in Copenhagen in Copenhagen, 1763–1767 and 1785–1786
• Appendix 10 Chronological List of Giovanni Antonio Sacco’s Ballets and their Revivals in Warsaw, 1774–1776 and 1779–1780
• Bibliography
• Index