Category:Fiction--Italian
Fiction (Italian) -- Highlights
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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Pages in category "Fiction--Italian"
The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 660 total.
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- == == 2000s == == ==
- Maria, figlia del suo figlio (Maria: Daughter of Her Son / 2000 Costa), TV film
- Nabucco (2000 Lessky, Donati / Werner / @1842 Verdi), video recording (opera)
- Gli amici di Gesù (Close to Jesus / 2000-2001 Mertes), serial
- Gli amici di Gesù: Giuseppe di Nazareth (Close to Jesus: Joseph of Nazareth / 2000 Mertes), TV film
- Gli amici di Gesù: Maria Maddalena (Close to Jesus: Mary Magdalene / 2000 Mertes), TV film
- Il nostro agente in Giudea (2000 Mimmi), novel
- Giuda Iscariota (Judas Iscariot / 2000 Musso), play
- San Paolo (St. Paul / 2000 Young), TV mini-series
- Nabucco (2001 Attanasi, Kalmandi / @1842 Verdi), video recording (opera)
- L'orco (The Ogre / 2001 Enoch), graphic novel
- Nabucco (2001 Luisi, Nucci / Krämer, Reitzenstein / @1842 Verdi), video recording (opera)
- Gli amici di Gesù: Giuda (Close to Jesus: Judas / 2001 Mertes), TV film
- Gli amici di Gesù: Tommaso (Close to Jesus: Thomas / 2001 Mertes), TV film
- San Giovanni Battista (St. John the Baptist / 2002 Astronio / @1675 Stradella), sound recording (oratorio)
- Nabucco (2002 Levine, Pons / Napier, Large / 1842 Verdi), video recording (opera)
- L'Apocalisse (The Apocalypse / 2002 Mertes), TV film
- Perdersi nella passione (2003 Artale), novel
- San Giovanni Battista (St. John the Baptist / 2004 Aymes / @1675 Stradella), Marseille production (oratorio)
- Nocciolo d'oliva (2002 De Luca), novel
- Nabucco (2004 Frizza, Gazale / Miller, Dorigo / @1842 Verdi), video recording (opera)
- Imperium: Nero (2004 Marcus), feature film
- Nabucco (2004 Oren, Maestri / Panizza / @1842 Verdi), video recording (opera)
- San Pietro (St. Peter / 2005 Base), TV mini-series
- Il diluvio universale (The Great Flood / 2005 Carella / @1830 Donizetti), sound recording (opera)
- Nabucco, English ed. (2005 Parry, Opie / @1842 Verdi), sound recording (opera)
- L'ombra del padre (2005 Pazzi), novel
- Chiamami Salomé (Call Me Salome / 2005 Sestieri), feature film
- Cristo, Nerone e il segreto di Maddalena (2006 Arcucci, Ferri), novel
- L'inchiesta (The Final Inquiry / 2006 Base), TV mini-series
- La sacra famiglia (The Holy Family / 2006 Mertes), TV mini-series
- San Giovanni Battista (St. John the Baptist / 2007 De Marchi / @1675 Stradella), sound recording (oratorio)
- La passione di Gesù Cristo (The Passion of Jesus Christ / 2007 Fasolis / @1783 Paisiello), sound recording (oratorio)
- La stella dei re (The Kings' Star / 2007 Jephcott), TV film
- Nabucco (2007 Märzendorfer, Morosow / Herzl, Dolezal, Rossacher / 1842 Verdi), video recording (opera)
- Nabucco (2007 Oren, Nucci / Krief, Mancini / @1842 Verdi), video recording (opera)
- Parole di Giuda (2007 Puppa), play
- Masada (2007 Siliato), novel
- Qumran (2007 Viglione), novel
- Giuditta (Judith / 2008 Brelich), novel
- A'isha, l'amata di Maometto = The Jewel of Medina (2008 Jones / Beltramini), novel (Italian ed.)
- Erodiade (Herodias / 2008 @1969 Testori / Forte), San Ginesio production (play)
- Il silenzio di Maometto = Le silence de Mahomet (The Silence of Mohammed / 2009 @2008 Bachi / Amaducci), novel (Italian ed.)
- Il primo apostolo = The First Apostle (2009 Becker / Zuppett), novel (Italian ed.)
- Nabucco (2009 Mariotti, Nucci / Abbado, Mancini @1842 Verdi), video recording (opera)
- == == 2010s == == ==
- Erodiade (Herodias / 2010 @1969 Testori / Sepe), Vicenza production (play)
- Maria di Nazaret / Ihr Name war Maria (Mary of Nazareth / 2012 Campiotti), TV mini-series
- San Giovanni Battista (St. John the Baptist / 2012 Walker / @1675 Stradella), Florence production (oratorio)
- Nabucco (2013 Luisotti, Domingo / Abbado / @1842 Verdi), video recording (opera)
- San Giovanni Battista (St. John the Baptist / 2014 Perkins / @1675 Stradella), London production (oratorio)
- Giuditta di Betulia (Judith of Bethulia / 2015 Spadoni), play
- La passione di Gesù Cristo (The Passion of Jesus Christ / 2016 D'Agostini / @1783 Paisiello), Milan production (oratorio)
- Malik e i re magi (Malik and the Three Kings / 2016 Lavatelli / D'Altan), children's novel & art
- San Giovanni Battista (St. John the Baptist / 2016 Quarta / @1675 Stradella), Rome production (oratorio)
- Erodiàs (Herodias / 2016 @1969 Testori / Martinelli), Milan production (play)
- San Giovanni Battista (St. John the Baptist / 2016 Trompeter / @1675 Stradella), Chicago production (oratorio)
- Divo Nerone / Divo Nero (2017 Migliacci), rock opera (music & libretto), Rome premiere (cast)
Media in category "Fiction--Italian"
The following 35 files are in this category, out of 35 total.
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