Società Dante Alighieri Comitato di Siena “Oh mio babbino caro: how to use in Italian classes

NECTFL, New York, April 18th 2009 Italian Lyric Opera and didactic of Italian as LS-L2

❧ for opera singers; ❧ for non-opera singers; ❧ how to choose an opera/aria; ❧ bibliography and sites; ❧ ; ❧ For opera singers ❧ specific vocabulary of the opera and the theatre ; ❧ phonological and paralinguistic competence

● pronunciation, sounds, accents, intonation ; ❧ analysis of the librettos:

● cultural, religious, historical, social issues ❧ analysis of the past interpreters; ❧ analysis of the different sets; ❧ extra-linguistic competence:

● body language on stage;

● gesture; For non-opera singers

❧ analysis of the libretto

● cultural, religious, historical, and social issues ❧ the “language” of the opera, i.e.

● use of the Passato Remoto;

● “Voi” instead of “Lei” ❧ analysis of the different sets; ❧ analysis of the past interpreters Period 1 ❧ XVI and XVII centuries.

● The origins (Camerata dei Bardi);

● Monteverdi from L’Orfeo (1607) to L’incoronazione di Poppea (1642) ❧ XVIII century.

● G.B. Pergolesi e La serva padrona ( 1733)

● Mozart - the end of genres • Le nozze di Figaro (1786); • Il dissoluto punito ossia (1787) • Così fan tutte ossia La scuola delle amanti (1790) Period 2 ❧ First half XIX century:

● Giacomo Rossini: • Il barbiere di Siviglia (febbraio 1816); • (dicembre 1816) ; • (1817) ❧ First half XIX century (origin of melodramma):

● : • Anna Bolena (1830); • L’elisir d’amore (1832) • Lucia di Lammermoor (1835) • Pia de’ Tolomei (1837) Period 3 ❧ first half XIX century(origins of melodramma):

● Vincenzo Bellini: • I Capuleti e i Montecchi (1830); • La Sonnambula (1831) • Norma (1831) • I Puritani (1835) Period 4 ❧ second half XIX century (melodramma):

● : • Nabucco (1842); • Macbeth (1847); • Luisa Miller (1849); • (1851); • Il Trovatore (1853) • (1853) • (1871); • Otello (1887) • Falstalff (1893) Period 5 ❧End of the Opera – XIX and XX centuries

● Pietro Mascagni • Cavalleria rusticana (1890)

● • (1892)

● Giacomo Puccini Bibliography and web-sites ❧ Bibliography : ● L'italiano all'opera - Serena Carresi, Sara Chiarenza, Edy Frollano - Bonacci (1998)

● Manuale di italiano per cantanti d’opera - Paola Geri - Edizioni Guerra (2004) ❧ Web-sites :

● wikipedia.org

● operaitaliana.com

● italica.rai.it

● opera.stanford.edu Giacomo Puccini Lucca 1858 - Bruxelles 1924 (1910) (1904)

(1893) (1917) (1896)

(1924-26) (1918)

(1884)

(1900) (1889)

Tabarro Il Angelica Suor GianniSchicchi

Le Villi Le Edgar Lescaut Manon bohème La Tosca Butterfly Madama West del fanciulla La rondine La trittico Il Gianni Schicchi Literary Sources 1 Inferno XXX Canto

E l'Aretin che rimase, tremando And the Aretine, who trembling had remained, mi disse: "Quel folletto è Gianni Schicchi, Said to me: "That mad sprite is Gianni Schicchi, e va rabbioso altrui così conciando". 33 And raving goes thus harrying other people."

"Oh", diss'io lui, "se l'altro non ti ficchi "O," said I to him, "so may not the other li denti a dosso, non ti sia fatica Set teeth on thee, let it not weary thee a dir chi è, pria che di qui si spicchi". 36 To tell us who it is, ere it dart hence."

Ed elli a me: "Quell'è l'anima antica And he to me: "That is the ancient ghost di Mirra scellerata, che divenne Of the nefarious Myrrha, who became al padre, fuor del dritto amore, amica. 39 Beyond all rightful love her father's lover.

Questa a peccar con esso così venne, She came to sin with him after this manner, falsificando sé in altrui forma, By counterfeiting of another's form; come l'altro che là sen va, sostenne, 42 As he who goeth yonder undertook, per guadagnar la donna de la torma, That he might gain the lady of the herd, falsificare in sé Buoso Donati, To counterfeit in himself Buoso Donati, testando e dando al testamento norma Making a will and giving it due form." Translated by H. Wadsworth Longfellow Literary Sources 2 Commentary on The Divine Comedy by Anonymous Florentine XIV century

First published in 1866, elucidating Dante's terse references, is the actual source to the familiar plot set-up. In this, Buoso has wished to make a will, but was put off with words by his son, Simone. Once it is too late, Simone fears that Buoso may have made a will before his illness, unfavorable to Simone. Simone calls on Schicchi for counsel, and Schicchi coins the idea of the impersonation. Simone promises Schicchi he will be well rewarded, but Schicchi takes no chances, "leaving" a hefty sum to himself (though most goes to Simone), including the mule, and makes the bequests conditional on Simone's distributing the estate within fifteen days, otherwise everything shall go to charity. Dante was no doubt somewhat biased in his description, having married into the Donati family himself, marrying Gemma Donati in 1295, five years after the death of his adored Beatrice. [ Gianni Schicchi performance history

Gianni Schicchi was firstly performed at the Metropolitan Opera on December 14, 1918 with the other two of Il trittico . It premiered in Rome on January 11, 1919 and eventually became the most frequently performed of the three one-act operas that make up Il trittico. In September 2008, film director Woody Allen made his operatic debut with Gianni Schicchi. Gianni Schicchi references Wilson, Alexandra (2007). The Puccini Problem . Cambridge University Press p. 178. Ashbrook, William (1985). The Operas of Puccini . Cornell University Press pp. 174–6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianni_Schicchi Gianni Schicchi

Zita, Buoso’s cousin - Felicity Palmer Simone, Buoso’s cousin - Luigi Roni Rinuccio, Zita’s nephew - Massimo Giordano Lauretta, Schicchi’s daughter - Sally Mikhailow Gianni Schicchi - Alessandro Corbelli Conductor - Vladimir Jurowski Director - Annabel Arden Glyndebourne 2004 - www.opusarte.com Common European Framework of Reference for Languages General competences

Knowledge Skills Existential competence •Empirical •Social abilities •Attitudes Knowledge •Common abilities •Ethical values •Sociocultural •Technical abilities •Cognitive styles Knowledge •Motivations •Intercultural •Convictions awareness •Personalities Didactic unit

❧Motivation

❧Globality

❧Analysis

❧Synthesis

❧Reflection

❧Control