The Victoria and Albert Museum in London presents
the exhibition Opera: Passion, Power and
Politics
which recreates the centennial emotion of opera, combining all the
arts in a final act of greatness and splendour.
This event is an
unprecedented and spectacular celebration which involves 4 centuries
of history of music and seven European capitals of the fifth art.
Opera: Passion, Power and Politics aims
to point out that “opera is a European and universal language. It
is the voice of Europa which expresses its past and its future. It
goes through borders, culture and continents and can face European
issues” as curator Kate Bailey says.
More then 300
objects such as musical instruments, paintings, books, costumes
recreates a journey in the most famous European cities of opera, from
Vienna to London, from Dresden and Paris to Saint Petersburg, up to
Venice and Milan.
The Cologni
Foundation has presented the awesome world of opera in the volume “Il Bel Mestiere. Artigiani e maestranze nel teatro d’operaIl Bel Mestiere. Artigiani e maestranze nel teatro d’opera”
(Marsilio
Editori, 2014). In this book the authors, Clizia Gurrado and Laila
Pozzo, narrate the life of the Italian artisans who devote their love
and dexterity to the creation of a universe of charm and
magnificence.
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