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‎Opera, Scenography, and Social Standing. The Barberini Court in Rome 1628-1656‎

‎, Brepols, 2026 Hardback, Pages: 321, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:40 b/w, 68 col., Language: English. ISBN 9782503584980.‎

‎Summary This monograph concerns the development of scenography and its use as a subtle political tool in festival entertainments at the court of the Barberini during the seventeenth century in Rome. It covers the period 1628-1656, filling a gap in the study of the staging of performances in Rome during that period, and investigates how members of the Barberini family played a key role in the development of staging techniques and theatrical devices, to advance and consolidate their power. A wide range of primary sources, including reports, avvisi, letters, engravings, and contemporary manuals of scenography and theatrical sketches are analysed. A selection of these documents is transcribed and made available for the first time in the Appendix. The book includes computer-aided reconstructions of stage plans for several of the spectacles investigated; these provide a methodological tool for clarifying the hypotheses proposed, through the graphic representation of the scenographic elements of the performances analysed. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1. Early Performances at the Palazzo alle Quattro Fontane (August 1628 and Carnival 1632) Chapter 2. Operas Staged by the Barberini with the Collaboration of Francesco Guitti (1633-1634) Chapter 3. Operas Staged during the Years 1635-1638 Chapter 4. Performances Staged in the Teatro Barberini (1639 and 1642) Chapter 5. Performances Staged for the 'Queen's Carnival' of 1656 Appendix 1. Performances at the Barberini court in Rome from 1628 to 1656: Genres, spaces, dedicatees and patrons, guests and creative teams Appendix 2. Transcriptions from Vatican City, BAV, Arch. Barb., 'Giustificazioni I' Glossary Bibliography Index‎