Global Mediterranean. Postcolonial music histories (16th-20th centuries). IMS Intercongressional Symposium

Session

Misc. 1: Lovers and Witches in Sung Repertoires

FP8

9 Jul 2025, 15:30

Aula 7

Conveners

Misc. 1: Lovers and Witches in Sung Repertoires

• Andrea García Torres (Universidad de Alicante)

119. Legal Discourse in Opéra-Comique: Annette et Lubin and Marriage Law in the Ancien Régime

09/07/2025, 15:30

Free paper

Annette et Lubin (1762), an opéra-comique adapted by Justine Favart from Jean-François Marmontel’s moral tale, examines the interplay between religious and secular authority through marriage law and social ethics. At its core is the conflict arising from the protagonists’ consanguineous relationship, challenging moral norms and legal frameworks. The work highlights systemic inconsistencies...

130. Venetian "Villanesche alla Napolitana" and the repertoire of 'witches'

09/07/2025, 15:50

Free paper

Between 1537 and 1570, at least 75 different editions (not counting reprints) of Canzoni villanesche alla napolitana were printed, and the phenomenon, formally speaking, continued copiously until beyond the early 1600s, to enumerate, according to our RIM-Novissimo Vogel database-repertoire a total of 180 books. It may seem paradoxical that about 80 % of this rich repertory was printed in...