Law in the opera, law on the opera, law around the opera : a multidisciplinary approach / Filippo Annunziata and Giorgio Fabio Colombo -- PART I. LAW IN OPERA -- Scalia/Ginsburg : the rhythm of the US Federal Supreme Court / Francesca Benatti -- Exile and identity : findings of fact and opinions of law in Bellini's La Straniera / Louis Bertone -- Fiat iustitia et pereat mundus : the tragic conflicts of the judge in I due Foscari / Angelo Pio Buffo -- "That may be Japanese law...but not in my country!" : marriage, divorce and private international law in Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly / Giorgio Fabio Colombo, Masabumi Suzuki and Dai Yokomizo -- Crime, prosecution and justice in Verdi's Otello / Paolo Di Felice and Alessandro Accinni -- The Marriage of Figaro and the Sunset of Ancien Régime legacy on modern legal culture / Elena Faletti -- Legal issues in Italian opera / Silvia Ferreri -- Le nozze di Wolfgang : about the meaning of marriage in Mozart's operas / Cesare Fertonani -- Criminal law in Giacomo Puccini operatic production : the crimes against person in Tosca / Pietro Gandetto -- The "Gesualdo Case" in contemporary melodrama / Giovanni Iudica -- Law and fate in Norma, I Puritani, Aida and Tosca / Przemysław Krzywoszyński and Jan Woleński -- Mozart and the concept of equality / Mariano Longo -- Revenge between legal and social norms in Cavalleria Rusticana / Giuseppe Lorini and Olimpia Giuliana Loddo -- Paternal justice in Giuseppe Verdi's operas / Mario Riberi -- Music and law : law in lyrical operas : Gianni Schicci by Giacomo Puccini : the harmony of the system / Maria Teresa Sanza -- PART II. LAW ON OPERA -- The voice of the opera singer and its protection : another look at the Maria Callas case / Julia Ammermann Yebra -- Critical edition of an opera : a new look for an old lady? : the boundaries of copyright protection in the EU Countries / Giovanna Carugno -- A 'stolen' theatre on Rue de la Loi : the Opéra after Therimidor / Mark Darlow -- What is allowed in the opera? : law as the borderline of artistic experiment / Ewa Łętowska and Krzysztof Pawłowski -- The Italian Scrittura Teatrale : a peculiar case of unwritten terms integrating contracts / Geo Magri -- Der Ring des Nibelungen : from a criminal law perspective / Peter Lewisch -- PART III. LAW AROUND OPERA -- Law, opera and the Baroque mentality : contradictions, paradoxes and dialogues / Mariana Lima Maia and Marcilio Toscano Franca Filho -- Beethoven's Ninth and the quest for European identity : a law and music perspective / Giorgio Resta -- The current International and music society / Gustavo Troccoli Carvalho de Negreiros -- Nemorino's plagiarims : copyright and circulation of texts in the golden age of Italian opera / Filippo Annunziata
Summary:
This book explores the various connections between 'Law and opera', providing a comprehensive, multinational, and multidisciplinary (with approaches from jurists, philosophers, musicologist, historians) resource on the subject. Further, it makes a valuable contribution to studies on law and the humanities. While, for example, the relationship between law and literature has been extensively researched, the relationship between law and opera remains largely overlooked. The book approaches the topic from three perspectives in three main sections: Law in Opera, Law on Opera, and Law around Opera.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.