Background
What does Renaissance mean?
What is rebirth
What was the time period of theater they improved?
What was the times of the ancient Greek colonies of Magna Graecia, in Southern Italy, the theatre of the Italic peoples and the theatre of ancient Rome.
What is Opera?
What is an attempt to revive simplicity and humanism of ancient greek drama
Who was Albertino Mussato?
Who is Mussato was one of the first writers of the late medieval period to begin reviving classical Latin in his works
Who is commedia dell'arte performed by?
What is professional troupes specializing in comic improvisation.
When did the Italian Renaissance start?
When is the 14th century and 16th century.
What did the Italian Renaissance start?
What is modern theater.
What was the original motive for Opera?
What is a recreation of ancient greek drama music
Who was Gian Giorgio Trissino?
Who is the first to write in blank verse in Italian and the first to write a complete Poetica and the first to write a formal Renaissance Tragedy.
Who are the most famous actors during this time?
Who are Andreini and her husband Francesco Andreini.
What was the early offerings of Italian playwrites?
What is weak imitations and classical plays
What was the type of architecture used during this time?
What was proscenium arch stage, painted-flat wings and shutters, and Torelli's mechanized pole-and-chariot system.
What is the effect Opera had?
What is music that emphasizes the solo vocal line and instrumental
Who was Niccolò Machiavelli?
Who is Machiavelli used fashioning on the stage an image of the statecraft that he above all others was competent to dissect.
What is the most common theater (building) used during this time?
What did the Italian Renaissance revive?
What is Classical Greek and Roman plays.
What was the advancements made during the Italian Renaissance?
What is theater architecture
What is Camerata de' Bardi?
What is a group of intellectuals and artists, active in Florence, who tried to recreate the storytelling of the Greek drama.
Who is Angelo Poliziano?
Who is Poliziano revived the works of the ancient comic playwright Terence by editing the author's accomplished dramas
Where did the most performances take place?
Where is temporary stages, mainly streets.
What was the most important contribution of the Italian Renaissance?
What was the revival of classical Greek and Roman tragedies and comedies, the increase in secular themes, and the rise in theater's popularity.
What is the style of Italian Theater?
What is commedia
What is the first work in opera and first writer?
Who is Lodovico Aristo?
Who is Ariosto comedies were an important force in establishing the new theatrical forms of erudite comedy in Italy.
What are 3 major Renaissance contributions?
First what are the Neoclassical ideal in playwriting and criticism
Second what are the Italianate staging and architecture
Third what is the Commedia dell'arte