WORDS AND MUSIC IN ITALIAN CULTURE
A study day, organized by the Department of Italian, University of
Leeds with the support of the Italian Institute, London, to be held
in the Beech Grove Room, University House, University of Leeds on
Friday 7 May 1999
Programme
11.00 Registration and coffee
11.30 Professor Tim Carter, Royal Holloway:
Lamenting Ariadne? Monteverdi and the problems of early opera
12.10 Professor Richard Andrews, University of Leeds:
The first actresses and the first female singers
12.50 Lunch
2.10 Alexander Crowe, Royal Northern School of Music:
Handel in Italy, 1706 to 1709
2.50 Dr Deirdre O'Grady, University College Dublin:
White Angel, Black Devil. Boito's Otello: from the Scapigliatura to
Modernism
3.30 Tea
4.00 Professor Julian Rushton, University of Leeds:
How to deceive your neighbour: words and music in the Ford-Falstaff
dialogue
4.40 Dr Raymond Fearn, Keele University
Singing the old Hermetic songs: Dallapiccola's settings of Quasimodo
Study day fee (including coffee and tea): stlg10; students and unwaged:
stlg6. Lunch will be available at an extra charge of stlg6.
If you wish to attend, please inform Brian Richardson, Department of
Italian, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, by FRIDAY 30 April 1999.
Cheques should be made payable to the University of Leeds. If you
require lunch, please include the amount in your cheque.
Department of Italian
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT (UK)
tel. +44 (0)113 233 3632
fax. +44 (0)113 233 3634
WWW http://www.leeds.ac.uk/italian/italian.html
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