Sound, Bodies, Visuality: From Baroque Opera to Contemporary Performance
Schedule
Wed Mar 04 2026 at 02:00 pm to 05:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Italian Academy, Columbia University | New York, NY
About this Event
Our Fellows’ seminars are now open to the public! Fascinating topics from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences
The March 4 seminar has moderators Giuseppe Gerbino (Professor of Music, Department of Music, Columbia University) and George Lewis (Edwin H. Case Professor of Music, Department of Music) in conversation with three Fellows newly arrived at the Italian Academy.
The Fellows and their talks are:
Barbara Nestola
Versailles Centre for Baroque Music (CMBV; France)
The Eloquent Body: Visual Dramaturgy in Early Italian Opera
Piersandra Di Matteo
IUAV University of Venice (Italy) Rethinking Listening Through Deaf Knowledge
Mauro Calcagno
University of Pennsylvania (USA)
The Comet/Poppea: Merging Opera’s Past and Present (Venice 1643/Los Angeles 2024)
Doors open at 1:30pm. Registration does not guarantee a seat; registrants are seated first-come, first served.
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