Remediating Opera
Crossing and Encounters Between Film and Music Studies
open access | peer reviewed
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edited by
- Chiara Casarin - Ca' Foscari University of Venice - email
- Laura Cesaro - Ca' Foscari University of Venice - email
Abstract
This volume explores the intersection of moving images and music, analysing the fascinating remediation mechanisms between these two artistic languages. In particular, it embraces the approach to temporality featuring The Future Contemporary book series by offering a journey across different periods and artistic productions. The aim is to highlight the creative possibilities that emerge from the observation of recurring elements in cinema and music over time. Moving from cutting-edge archival research focused mainly on Italian cinema and opera, the essays gathered in this volume address various levels of remediation occurring across media, genres, and semantics. Together, they propose a novel perspective on the often-overlooked connections between these two fields of cultural and artistic production. Pairing texts from musicology and film studies, the rich reflection resulting from this book offers an innovative critical toolkit that looks back at historical opera and film productions to gain access to the roots of contemporary musical and cinematic representations.
Keywords Opera Film • Italian cinema • David Raksin • Vocalities • Musical salon • Bernardo Bertolucci • Media archaeology of opera • COVID-19 and performing arts • Italian political cinema • Stardom • Dialogism • Mario Martone • Levi • Cultural Heritage • Labour • Intermediality • Charlie Chaplin • Trace • Derrida • Maria Malibran • Opera in film • Singer • Italian Cinema • Opera and cinema convergence • Bertolucci • Film music • Metagenre • Il Marchese del Grillo • Gender Identities • Remediation • Script • Opera • Performance • The Spiders’ Stratagem • Opera in cinema • Visconti • Intertextuality • Biopic
Thema codes ATFA • AVLF • 1DST
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-911-5 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-911-5 | Published Oct. 22, 2025 | Language en
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