Iberian and Latin American Forms of Musical Drama

The course intends to illustrate the origin and development of some peculiar expressions of musical theater in a specific geocultural area - the Iberian peninsula and the so-called "Latin" America - in dialectical relationship both with the European tradition of musical theater and with some examples of modern and contemporary hybridizations in a transatlantic context. The course develops according to two main objectives: on the one hand, the description of the main forms of musical theater from the Baroque to the twentieth-century tradition; on the other, the observation of their evolution, transformation and contamination with musical styles and languages of indigenous, African, North American and Asian origin - in the complex and varied contemporary Latin American mosaic.

Attending students will be able to learn about the origin, evolution and peculiarities of the main forms of musical theater of the Iberian tradition in relation to the European context. They will also have developed an awareness of the hybrid and original character that they acquire in the Latin American context.