Early Opera in America

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Early Measles Epidemics in America *

"Their fruit trees are subject to . . . the Meazels, which is when they are burned and scorched with the Sun . . . [and their] . . . Hoggs sometimes have the Meazels, which is known when their hinder legs are shorter than ordinary." Inasmuch as this quotation from John Josselyn's Account of Two Voyages to New England (1674) reveals interesting variations in the meaning of "Meazels," one may que...

Opera postuma

It seems incredible that twelve volumes of medical works written in Morgagni's own handwriting should have been completely lost to sight until 1952, when Professor Adalberto Pazni, combing through the catalogues in the Laurenziana Library in Florence for the names of medieval doctors, should have discovered them by chance. How they came to be there is a story full of interest, a detective story...

Interaction in Digitally Augmented Opera

— This paper reviews an experimental opera production, where digitally augmented content was used interactively during the performance. Projected graphics and spatialized sounds were designed to support the story. The animated 3D graphics acted as virtual stage, narrative element, or reflection of thoughts of a character. The special effects were partly un...

The big ‘ O ’ in opera

Sexuality and eroticism are present in all of opera’s interwoven ‘layers’, broadly: drama, music and singing. Interaction with the resulting whole evokes an emotional response in the listener/audience that is erotic in nature. Lacanian psychoanalytic theory pertaining to the gaze and, in particular, the voice provides a useful framework to explore the sexuality and eroticism within and beyond o...