Neapolitan opera of the late baroque period and rococo paintings as starting points

Abstract

The starting point of the thematic block focused on opera and historical painting of the classicism and romanticism periods is the late baroque opera of the Neapolitan school. Both the conceptual changes - the division of the original universal type of dramma per musica into two significantly different types: opera seria and opera buffa - as well as the application of belcant opera in classicism and romanticism are decisive.

Similarly, paintings and frescoes with themes from ancient mythology were the starting point for historical painting from the second half of the 18th century to the last quarter of the 19th century. An even clearer prototype of the classicist opera was the gallant style (Galuppi, Pergolesi, etc

Keywords

• opera seria
• opera buffa
• Neapolitan school
• late baroque
• rococo
• gallant style
• bel canto
• aria da capo
• strophic aria
• ariosis
• recitar cantando
• recitative secco
• recitative accompagnato
• historical painting
• ancient mythology.