Category:Fiction--Italian
Fiction (Italian) -- History of research -- Overview In the 15th century Italian poets and playwrights inaugurated the traditions of literary works of entertainment dealings with "biblical" subject. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Itlian was the international language of music and hundreds of Italian oratorios were composed and performed all around Europe, Pietro Metastasio and Apostolo Zeno were the authors of some of the most popular librettos. In the first half of the 19th century, in the climate of Italian Risorgimento, Italian scholarship produced a series of remarkable works. Some of them captivated the Italian imagination, gaining large popular success. The operas Ciro in Babilonia (1812) by Gioachino Rossini, and Nabucco (1842) by Giuseppe Verdi as well as the drama Ester d'Engaddi (1821) by Silvio Pellico, all focused on the Second Temple period. For some time italian patriots identified themselves with the Jews of that time, who like them were longing for freedom under the oppression of foreign nations (the Babylonians and then the Romans). To avoid censure without loosing the political implications of the story, in 1844 Giovanni Pacini gave a Second Temple Jewish setting ("in the times of Vespasian") to Eugène Scribe's drama La Juive, which Jacques Fromental Halévy had already set to music in 1835 in France in its original Inquisition setting. Pacini had already composed in 1825 another highly successful opera with a first-century setting, L’ultimo giorno di Pompei <The Last Day of Pompeii>, a work that did not make any reference to Judaism or Christianity, but would inspire Edward Bulwer Lytton's famous 1834 novel. In 1848 Giovanni Pacini also set to music Pellico's drama Ester d'Engaddi. In 1887 In the 1890s Lorenzo Perosi revived the great traditions of Italian oratorios with a series of highly successful works centered on the life of Jesus. Italian silent movies, Quo Vadis (1912) by Guazzoni and Christus by Antamoro, were lavish productions that caused international sensation and inspired a long series of biblical movies. In the 1920s Giovanni Papini achieved international success with his Life of Jesu, which was translated in numerous languages. After the war, Italian cinema experienced an extraordinary season of renewal. In "The Gospel according to Matthew (1964) Pier Paolo Pasolini drew on the lesson of Italian neo-realism to offer a sensitive and "true" portrait of a very human Jesus as the champion of the poor and the oppressed. In the 1970s, two Italian novels attracted some international attention, "The Fifth Gospel by Pomilio, and the Work of Betrayal by Brelich.
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- Maria di Magdala (1882 Calvi), play
- Erodiade, Italian ed. (Herodias / 1884 Gialdini / @1881 Massenet), Paris production (opera)
- Erodiade, Italian ed. (Herodias / 1886 Mascheroni / @1881 Massenet), Bologna production (opera)
- Spartaco (Spartacus / 1886 Sinico / Palermi), opera
- Cristo alla festa di Purim (Christ at the Feast of Purim / 1887 Bovio), play (Italian)
- Spartaco (Spartacus / 1891 Platania / Ghislanzoni), opera
- San Paolo (1895 Bovio), play
- Ben-Hur; ossia, I giorni del messia = Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1895 @1880 Wallace / Galea), novel (Italian ed.)
- La passione di Cristo secondo S. Marco (1897 Perosi), oratorio
- La risurrezione di Cristo (1898 Perosi), oratorio
- La risurrezione di Lazzaro (1898 Perosi), oratorio
- La trasfigurazione di N.S. Gesù Cristo (1898 Perosi), oratorio
- La passione di Cristo (The Passion of Christ / 1899 Calcina), short film
- Il natale del Redentore (1899 Perosi), oratorio
- == == 1900s == == ==
- Passione di Gesù (Passion of Jesus / 1900 Cristofari, Topi), short film
- L'entrata di Cristo in Gerusalemme (1900 Perosi), oratorio
- La strage degli innocenti (1900 Perosi), oratorio
- Il Cristo alla festa di Purim (Christ at the Feast of Purim / 1904 Giannetti / Bovio), opera (music & libretto), Rio de Janeiro premiere
- Lucius Flavus (1906 Spillmann), novel (Italian ed.)
- Giuditta e Oloferne (Judith and Holophernes / 1907 Caserini), short film
- Il Nazareno (The Nazarene / 1907 Giannetti / Golisciani), opera (music & libretto), Rio de Janeiro premiere
- Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (The Last Days of Pompeii / 1908 Maggi, Ambrosio), short film
- Spartaco (Spartacus / 1909 Gherardini), short film
- Martire pompeiana (Martyrs of Pompeii / 1909 Liguoro), short film
- Nerone (Nero / 1909 Maggi), short film
- == == 1910s == == ==
- La samaritana (The Woman of Samaria / 1910), short film
- Dall'amore al martirio (From Love To Martyrdom / 1910 Cines), short film
- Salome (1910 Falena), short film
- San Paolo, dramma biblico (The Life of St. Paul / 1910 Liguoro), short film
- Giuda (Judas / 1911 Frusta), short film
- I Maccabei (The Maccabees / 1911 Guazzoni), short film
- Satana (Satan / 1912 Maggi), feature film
- Kri Kri e il 'Quo vadis?' (Kri Kri and the 'Quo vadis?' / 1912 Cines), short film
- Judith (1912 Furlotti / Bettoli), oratorio
- Erodiade (Herodias / 1912 Mentasti), short film
- Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (1912 Perosi), opera
- L'ebreo errante (The Wandering Jew / 1912 Roma Film), feature film
- Le sette parole di N.S. Gesù Cristo sulla croce (1913 Perosi), oratorio
- Jone; o, Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (The Last Days of Pompeii / 1913 Vidali), feature film
- Spartaco (Spartacus / 1913 Vidali), feature film
- La leggenda di Gesù = Kristuslegender (1914 @1904 Lagerlöf / Albertini), novel (Italian ed.)
- Nerone (Nero / 1915 Boito), opera (music & libretto)
- Il Golgota (Golgotha / 1916 Consalvi), feature film
- La figlia d'Erodiade (The Daughter of Herodias / 1916 Falena), short film
- L'ebreo errante (The Wandering Jew / 1916 Paradisi), feature film
- La sacra rappresentazione di Abramo e d'Isaac (1917 Pizzetti / Belcari, Castellino), oratorio
- Maria di Magdala (1918 Michetti), opera
- Maria di Magdala (Mary of Magdala / 1918 Molinari), feature film
- Giuda (1918 Pea), play
- == == 1920s == == ==
- Giuditta e Oloferne (1920 Damerini), play
- La Samaritana (1920 Furlotti / Guazzi), opera
- La Sacra Bibbia (After Six Days / 1920 Garlazzo, Vey), feature film
- Giuditta e Oloferne (Judith and Holophernes / 1920 Molinari), feature film
- Dèbora e Jaéle (1922 Pizzetti), opera
- La passione di Cristo (1923 Pea), play
- Giuda (1923 Ratti), play
- La passione di Cristo (1924 Colantuoni), play
- Maria di Magdala (1924 Pedrollo), opera
- Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (The Last Days of Pompeii / 1926 Gallone), feature film
- Paolo di Tarso (1927 Manacorda), play
- Androclo e il leone = Androcles and the Lion (1928 @1912 Shaw / Agresti), play (Italian ed.)
- Giuditta e Oloferne (Judith and Holophernes / 1929 Negroni), feature film
- == == 1930s == == ==
- Giuda Maccabeo (Judas Maccabee / 1931 Quercetti / Recanatesi), opera (music & libretto)
- Il novello giuda (1935 Gelo), play
- Nerone (Nero / 1935 Mascagni / Targioni-Tozzetti), opera (music & libretto), Milan premiere (cast)
- Daniele tra i leoni (1936 Cantini), play
- Giuditta (1937 Honegger / Savagnone), opera (Italian ed.)
- La stella d'Oriente (1937 Jaccia), opera
- Giuda Iscariota (1937 Lanza del Vasto), novel
- == == 1940s == == ==
- I tre fanciulli nella fornace ardente (The Three Children in the Fiery Furnace / 1940 Maffeis / Palestra), opera
- Il discepolo ignoto (1940 Perri), novel
- Il grande sogno (1946 Villa), novel
- Il Nazareno (1947 Asch), novel (Italian ed.)
- Lo sguardo di Gesù (1948 Bacchelli), novel
- Il martire del Golgota (1948 Pérez Escrich), novel (Italian ed.)
- Il miracolo (The Miracle / 1948 Rossellini), short film
- Nabucco (1949 Gui, Bechi / @1842 Verdi), sound recording (opera)
- San Giovanni Battista (St. John the Baptist / 1949 Santini / @1675 Stradella), Perugia production (oratorio)
- == == 1950s == == ==
- L’Apostolo (1950 Asch / Castigliano), novel (Italian ed.)
- Il nazareno (1950 Perosi), oratorio
- Il processo di Cristo (1950 Porrino / Ricciotti), oratorio
- Nabucco (1951 Previtali, Silveri / @1842 Verdi), sound recording (opera)
- La Betulia liberata (The Liberation of Bethulia / 1952 Rossi / @1771 Mozart), sound recording (oratorio)
- Salome, Italian ed. (1952 Sanzogno, Djanel / @1905 Strauss), sound recording (opera)
- Spartaco (Sins of Rome / 1953 Freda), feature film
- Amahl e gli ospiti notturni = Amahl and the Night Visitors, Italian ed. (1953 Stokowski / @1951 Menotti), Florence (stage) production, sound recording (opera)
- Amahl e gli ospiti notturni = Amahl and the Night Visitors, Italian ed. (1954 Bartoletti / @1951 Menotti), Venice (stage) production (opera)
- Amahl e gli ospiti notturni = Amahl and the Night Visitors, Italian ed. (1954 De Fabritiis / @1951 Menotti), Rome (stage) production (opera)
- Giobbe, uomo solo (1955 Angioletti), novel
- Processo a Gesù (Trial of Jesus / 1955 Fabbri), play
- Giuda (1955 Fochi), play
- Nabucco, German ed. (1955 Klobucar, Colombo / @1842 Verdi), sound recording (opera)
- Il figlio dell'uomo (The Son of Man / 1955 Sabel), feature film
- Amahl e gli ospiti notturni = Amahl and the Night Visitors, Italian ed. (1955 Scaglia / @1951 Menotti), Italian (TV) production, video recording (opera)
- Il giorno in cui Cristo morì = The Day Christ Died (1958 Bishop / Satta), novel (Italian ed.)
- Afrodite dea dell'amore (Aphrodite, Goddess of Love / 1958 Bonnard), feature film
- Nabucco (1959 Bartoletti, Bastianini / @1842 Verdi), sound recording (opera)
- Giuditta e Oloferne (Head of a Tyrant / 1959 Cerchio), feature film
- == == 1960s == == ==
- San Giovanni Battista (St. John the Baptist / 1960 Cillario / @1675 Stradella), sound recording (oratorio)
- Giuseppe venduto dai fratelli (The Story of Joseph and His Brethren / 1960 Rapper), film
- Nabucco (1960 Schippers, MacNeil / @1842 Verdi), sound recording (opera)
- Nabucco (1960 Singer, Winters / @1842 Verdi), sound recording (opera)
- Nabucco (1960 Vernizzi, Dondi / @1842 Verdi), sound recording (opera)
- Nabucco (1961 Bartoletti, Bastianini / @1842 Verdi), sound recording (opera)
- Anno 79: La distruzione di Ercolano (1962 Parolini), film
- La ricotta (1962 Pasolini), film
- Giacobbe, l'uomo che lottò con Dio (1963 Baldi), film
- Processo a Gesù (Trial of Jesus / 1963 Bolchi), TV film
- Giacobbe e Esaù (1963 Landi), film
- Il Vecchio Testamento (1963 Parolini), film
- Nabucco (1963 Rescigno, Protti / @1842 Verdi), sound recording (opera)
- Saul e David (1964 Baldi), film
- Parole di San Paolo (Words of Saint Paul / 1964 Dallapiccola), oratorio
- Gli invincibili dieci gladiatori (Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators / 1964 Nostro), feature film
- Nabucco (1965 Gardelli, Gobbi / @1842 Verdi), sound recording (opera)
- L'incendio di Roma (1965 Malatesta), film
- Il sale della terra (1965 Monterosso), novel
- Nabucco (1966 Gavazzeni, Guelfi / @1842 Verdi), sound recording (opera)
- Giuditta (Judith / 1967 Vaccari / @1840 Hebbel), TV production (play)
- Processo a Gesù (Trial of Jesus / 1968 Bettetini), TV film
- La Betulia liberata (The Liberation of Bethulia / 1968 Cillario / @1771 Mozart), sound recording (oratorio)
- Nabucco, Bulgarian ed. (1968 Raichev, Popov / @1842 Verdi), sound recording (opera)
- Seduto alla sua destra (Black Jesus / 1968 Zurlini), feature film
- Erodiade (Herodias / 1969 Testori), play
- == == 1970s == == ==
- Il maestro (1970 Brod / Bonfatti), novel (Italian ed.)
- Rabbi (1971 Nocentini), novel
- Il sacro amplesso (1972 Brelich), novel
- Erode il "Grande" (1972 Cianchi), play
- Il libro segreto di Giuda (1974 Palli), novel
- (+) L'opera del tradimento (The Work of Betrayal / 1975 Brelich), novel
- (+) Il quinto evangelio (The Fifth Gospel / 1975 Pomilio), novel
- Davide (1976 Coccioli), novel
- La Betulia liberata (The Liberation of Bethulia / 1976 Negri / @1771 Mozart), sound recording (oratorio)
- Io, Giuda = I, Judas (1977 @1977 Caldwell, Stearn / Oddera), novel (Italian ed.)
- Nabucco (1977 Muti, Nimsgern / Ronconi, Pizzi / 1842 Verdi), video recording (opera)
- La gloria (The Glory / 1978 Berto), novel
- La Betulia liberata (The Liberation of Bethulia / 1978 Hager / @1771 Mozart), sound recording (oratorio)
- Nabucco (1978 Muti, Manuguerra / @1842 Verdi), sound recording (opera)
- L'Annunciazione (1978 Varotti / Belcari), oratorio
- Vangelo secondo Maria (1979 Alberti), novel
- Il navigatore del diluvio (Navigator of the Flood / 1979 Brelich), novel
- San Giovanni Battista (St. John the Baptist / 1979 Müller-Bruhl / @1675 Stradella), sound recording (oratorio)
- Nabucco (1979 Santi, Milnes / Ronse, Flédérick / 1842 Verdi), video recording (opera)
- == == 1980s == == ==
- La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1980 Ponnelle, Levine / @1791 Mozart), filmed opera
- Masada (1980 Tacconi), novel
- Nabucco (1981 Arena, Bruson / Giacchieri, Large / @1842 Verdi), video recording (opera)
- Miracoloni (Big Miracles / 1981 Massaro), feature film
- Nabucco (1982 Sinopoli, Cappuccilli / @1842 Verdi), sound recording (opera)
- Per amore, solo per amore (1983 Festa Campanile), novel
- Salomè (1983 Tacconi), novel
- Erodiade (Herodias / 1984 @1969 Testori / Testori), Milan premiere (play)
- Il diluvio universale (The Great Flood / 1985 Latham-Koenig / @1830 Donizetti), sound recording (opera)
- San Giovanni Battista (St. John the Baptist / 1986 Basbas / @1675 Stradella), New York production (oratorio)
- Nabucco (1986 Muti, Bruson / De Simone, Large / @1842 Verdi), video recording (opera)
- Trenta denari (1986 Ulivi), novel
- L'ultima tentazione = The Last Temptation (1987 Kazantzakis / Aboaf), novel (Italian ed.)
- Saulo (1987 Mészöly / D'Alessandro), novel (Italian ed.)
- La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1987 Olofsson, Järvefelt, Östman / @1791 Mozart), filmed operas
- Vita di Gesù (Life of Jesus / 1987 Rovella), novel
- Amahl e gli ospiti notturni (1987 Tron, Lemieux) = Amahl and the Night Visitors (1986 Frost, Lemieux / @1951 Menotti), children's book (Italian ed.)
- Dispetti divini (1989 Alberti), novel
- Figlio dell'uomo (1989 Angeli), novel
- E Giuda disse: Gesù, chi sei? (1989 Del Rio), novel
- Vangelo di Giuda (1989 Pazzi), novel
- La fede sacrilega nella morte del Precursore S. Giovanni Battista (Sacrilegious Faith in the Death of the Precursor, St. John the Baptist / 1989 Reuber / @1714 Fux), Neuss production, sound recording (oratorio)
- San Giovanni Battista (St. John the Baptist / 1989 Schneider / @1675 Stradella), sound recording (oratorio)
- == == 1990s == == ==
- La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1991 Lough, Hytner, Davis / @1791 Mozart), filmed opera
- La Betulia liberata (The Liberation of Bethulia / 1991 Maag / @1771 Mozart), sound recording (oratorio)
- San Giovanni Battista (St. John the Baptist / 1991 Minkowski / @1675 Stradella), sound recording (oratorio)
- Nabucco (1991 Oren, Bruson / De Hana, Cavassilas / 1842 Verdi), video recording (opera)
- Il vangelo secondo Gesù Cristo (1991 Saramago / Desti), novel (Italian ed.)
- Erodiade (Herodias / 1991 @1969 Testori / Syxty), Milan production (play)
- Nabucco (1992 Guadagno, Cappuccilli / De Bosio, Casalino / @1842 Verdi), video recording (opera)
- La sentenza (1993 Artale), novel
- La stella di Giuditta (1994 Venturoli), novel
- L'uomo del libro = L'homme du livre (Muhammad / 1995 Chraïbi / Colace), novel (Italian ed.)
- Cominciò in Galilea (1995 Jacomuzzi), novel
- Da un manoscritto di Qumran (1995 Putignano), music
- Nabucco (1996 Cillario, Summers / Kosky / 1842 Verdi), video recording (opera)
- Il Vangelo secondo Maria Maddalena (1997 Ashcroft / Bianchi Oddera), novel (Italian ed.)
- Nabucco (1997 Carignani, Bruson / Sparvoli, Licastro / @1842 Verdi), video recording (opera)
- Prendere o lasciare (1997 Conconi), novel
- Il quarto re (The Fourth King / 1997 Reali), TV film
- Come il tragitto di una stella (1997 Ulivi), novel
- Il diavolo nel deserto = Quarantine (1998 Crace / Noulian), novel (Italian ed.)
- La passione di Gesù Cristo (The Passion of Jesus Christ / 1998 Czepiel / @1783 Paisiello), sound recording (oratorio)
- Nabucco (1998 Oren, Bruson / @1842 Verdi), sound recording (opera)
- Il segreto di Qumran (1998 Pagnotti), novel
- Tobia e l'angelo (1998 Tamaro), novel
- Erodiàs (Herodias / 1998 @1969 Testori / Tiezzi), Ravenna production (play)
Media in category "Fiction--Italian"
The following 35 files are in this category, out of 35 total.
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- 1848 Pacini (opera).jpg 293 × 500; 36 KB
- 1913 Rodolfi & Caserini (film).jpg 200 × 273; 24 KB
- 1913 Guazzoni (film).jpg 330 × 475; 67 KB
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- 1959 Tourjansky (film).jpg 299 × 472; 161 KB
- 1960 Baldi (film).jpg 214 × 317; 27 KB
- 1961 Fleischer (film).jpg 300 × 467; 73 KB
- 1962 Callegari (film).jpg 204 × 300; 35 KB
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