Fine Arts

Liberalism, Power, and Politics in “Don Carlo”

ABSTRACT

This virtual conference explored the themes of liberty and responsibility in Verdi's opera, Don Carlo.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

Verdi - Don Carlo. Directed by John Dexter. Deutsche Grammophon: Italy, 2005. DVD.

“Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos.” Opera Today. http://www.impresario.ch/libretto/libverdon_i.htm (September 15, 2020).

“Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos (English libretto).” impresario.ch. http://www.impresario.ch/libretto/libverdon_e.htm (September 15, 2020).

Arblaster, Anthony. Viva la Libertà!: Politics in Opera. London: Verso, 1992.

Arouet, François-Marie. “Voltaire.” ksu.edu. http://www-personal.k-state.edu/~lyman/english233/Voltaire-Freedom_of_Thought.htm (9/14/2020).

Blockmans, W. P., “Alternatives to Monarchical Centralisation: The Great Tradition of Revolt in Flanders and Brabant.” In Republiken und Republikanismus im Europa der Frühen Neuzeit, edited by Helmut G. Koenigsberger, Munich, Stiftung Historisches Kolleg, 145-154. Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 1988.

Budden, Julian. Verdi. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.

Le Maistre, M. Le Comte Joseph. Letters on the Spanish Inquisition: A Rare Work and the Best Which has ever Appeared on the Subject. Boston: Patrick Donahoe, Catholic Booksellers, 1843. https://books.google.com/books?id=CrTYIiffD7EC&printsec=frontcover&hl=it&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false (accessed ).

Madame de Staël. Germany; by the Baroness Staël Holstein in three volumes. London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1813. https://books.google.it/books?id=mp5jAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=it&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=Posa&f=false (accessed ).

Williams, Bernard. On Opera. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006.