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Goldoni librettiste

Defense date:

Jan. 1, 1993

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Institution:

Aix-Marseille 1

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Literature

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Abstract EN:

Goldoni's librettos are generally little known though this aspect of his artistic activity occupies an important place in his life. Goldoni's success corresponds to the one of the opera comica which thrives in venice where the musical activity is intensive and where the tradition of the show was already deeply rooted. Goldoni gives his librettos a structure which enables them to adapt to their musical enivronment without neglecting the requirements of the theatrical text. His librettos set on stage a typology of characters whose origin is the same as the theatrical one. The offer a representation of society rooted in the daily occurence and lead to a reflection where we most of all feel the influence of philosophical ideas of enlightenment. They also underline the emergence of a middleclass moral based on work and economic prosperity whose assertion already corresponds to the values of a social class in full expansion. Trying to comply with the audience, the librettist and the playwright are the same one person who adapts oneself to the requirements proper to the opera or theatre

Abstract FR:

Les livrets d'opera de goldoni sont generalement peu connus bien que cet aspect de son activite artistique tienne une place importante dans sa vie. Le succes de goldoni correspond a celui de l'opera comica qui s'affirme a venise dont la vie musicale est intense et ou la tradition du spectacle etait deja profondement enracinee. Goldoni donne a ses livrets une structure qui leur permet de s'adapter a leur environnement musical sans negliger les exigences du texte theatral. Ses livrets mettent en scene une typologie de personnages dont la source est la meme qu'au theatre. Ils offrent une representation de la societe ancree dans le quotidien et conduisent a une reflexion ou l'on ressent surtout l'influence des idees philosophiques des lumieres. Ils soulignent aussi l'emergence d'une morale de type bourgeois fondee sur le travail et sur la prosperite economique dont l'affirmation correspond deja aux valeurs d'un milieu social en plein expansion. S'efforcant de repondre a l'attente du public, librettiste et dramaturge ne sont qu'une seule et meme personne qui s'adapte aux exigences propres a l'opera ou au theatre