"Lasciatemi morire" o farò "La finta Pazza"
Subtitle: embodying vocal nothingness on stage in Italian and French 17th century operatic laments and mad scenes : a music research drama thesis in a prologue and 3 acts
By: by Elisabeth Belgrano
Series: ArtMonitor dissertation -- no. 25; ArtMonitor avhandling -- nr. 25.
Publisher: Board for Artistic Research (NKU), Faculty of Fine, Applied, and Performing Arts, University of Gothenburg
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Gothenburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9789197847742
Subjects: Opera; Nothing (Philosophy); Dramatic music; Performance; Psychological aspects
Other titles: Lasciatemi morire; Finta Pazza
Notes: Thesis in the form of a prologue, a libretto, a cannocchiale ("a descriptive text following the contents of the libretto") and an epilogue.

"Thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Performance in Theatre and Music Drama at the Academy of Music and Drama, Faculty of Fine, Applied, and Performing Arts, University of Gothenburg"--P. [1].

Includes DVD (sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.) of a performance of Acts I-III of the libretto, spoken or sung; some of the sung portions performed live; the rest in audio recording accompanied by visual images, chiefly still, some moving.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Göteborgs universitet, 2011.

Includes bibliography of music sources and libretti, sound recordings, notes on the DVD, literature and web links (p. 242-254).

Chiefly in English; also includes words in Italian, Swedish and French; with English abstract and Swedish summary.