Arti musices, Vol. 44 No. 1, 2013.
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The Female Characters' Resistance and Its Political and Patriotic Implications in Two of Rossini's Operas
Inja Jugo
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Odsjek za romanistiku, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Katja Radoš-Perković
orcid.org/0009-0009-8638-1337
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Odsjek za romanistiku, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The paper investigates the characters of two Rossini heroines within the libretti, but also within the socio-political implications at the time the operas were first staged. The analyzed characters are those of Isabella from the opera L’italiana in Algeri (1813), libretto by Angelo Anelli, and of Angelina from the opera Cenerentola, ovvero la bontà in trionfo (1817), libretto by Jacopo Ferretti. Both works belong to the genre of opera buffa; the Italiana belongs to the subgenre of exotic opera, while Ceneretola falls under the subgenre of sentimental comedy. The characters presented in the paper share a form of resistance to authority or convention but, while showing resistance, they use opposing methods, which we have defined as extrovert vs. introvert resistance. Aside from the antithetic approach in their fight for their own causes, it has been noted that the two works are antithetic also on the level of the whole plot, insomuch as the Italiana offers a much larger number of fantastic and fairy-tale elements in comparison to Cenerentola, obviously derived from the famous fairy-tale, in which all such elements are absent. The actions undertaken by the heroines, whether within the framework of fairy-tale-like suggested Algiers or the realistic ambiance of the surroundings of Naples, besides promoting individual freedoms, also
advocate certain socio-political freedoms, which would be embodied in the Risorgimento, the Italian independence movement. The political activism of opera was well known during Italian Romanticism, but it becomes significant in these examples as they anticipate revolutionary activities.
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111869
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Datum izdavanja:
13.6.2013.
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