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Calisto: Scenic Conceptions in the Seventeenth Century and Today Jonathan Glixon University of Kentucky Gresham College, London September 22, 2008

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Calisto: Scenic Conceptions in the Seventeenth Century

and Today

Jonathan GlixonUniversity of Kentucky

Gresham College, LondonSeptember 22, 2008

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Torelli: Courtyard sets from

Bellerofonte and Venere gelosa

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Tessin: drawing showing decreasing

size of flats

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Krumlov Theatre (1766): Garden Scene

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Krumlov Theatre (1766): Hall Scene

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Teatro SS. Giovanni e

Paolo, detail of plan

(1691-93)

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Teatro SS. Giovanni e

Paolo, detail of plan

(1691-93)

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Torelli, Set for Bellerofonte, Act I, Scene 1

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Torelli, Set for Bellerofonte, Act III, Scene 8

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Krumlov Theatre (1766): Sets and slots in stage

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Fano Theatre (18th century): Cross-section with flats and trolleys

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Krumlov Theatre: Trolleys on tracks

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Krumlov Theatre: Scene-changing mechanism

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Scenery for Calisto LIBRETTOThe Grotto of Eternity

Arid Wilderness

ForestThe Peak of Mount Liceo

The Plain of Erimanto

The Fountains of Ladone

The Empyrean

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Scenery for Calisto LIBRETTOThe Grotto of Eternity

Arid Wilderness

ForestThe Peak of Mount Liceo

The Plain of Erimanto

The Fountains of Ladone

The Empyrean

ACCOUNT BOOKthe grotto of eternity

the arid wilderness with the fountain,

the peaks of Mt. Liceo,

the plain of Erimanto

the fountains of Ladone

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Scenery for Calisto LIBRETTOThe Grotto of Eternity

Arid Wilderness

ForestThe Peak of Mount Liceo

The Plain of Erimanto

The Fountains of Ladone

The Empyrean

ACCOUNT BOOKthe grotto of eternity, with a backdropthe arid wilderness with the fountain, with backdrop

the peaks of Mt. Liceo, with backdrop the plain of Erimanto

the fountains of Ladone with open backdrop

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Scenery for Calisto LIBRETTOThe Grotto of Eternity

Arid Wilderness

ForestThe Peak of Mount Liceo

The Plain of Erimanto

The Fountains of Ladone

The Empyrean

ACCOUNT BOOKthe grotto of eternity, with a backdropthe arid wilderness with the fountain, with backdrop

the peaks of Mt. Liceo, with backdrop the plain of Erimanto without backdropthe fountains of Ladone with open backdrop

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Scenery for Calisto LIBRETTOThe Grotto of Eternity

Arid Wilderness

ForestThe Peak of Mount Liceo

The Plain of Erimanto

The Fountains of Ladone

The Empyrean

ACCOUNT BOOKthe grotto of eternity, with a backdropthe arid wilderness with the fountain, with backdrop, and without backdropthe peaks of Mt. Liceo, with backdrop and without backdropthe plain of Erimanto without backdropthe fountains of Ladone with open backdrop

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Scenery for Calisto LIBRETTOThe Grotto of Eternity

Arid Wilderness

ForestThe Peak of Mount Liceo

The Plain of Erimanto

The Fountains of Ladone

The Empyrean

ACCOUNT BOOKthe grotto of eternity, with a backdropthe arid wilderness with the fountain, with backdrop, and without backdropthe peaks of Mt. Liceo, with backdrop and without backdropthe plain of Erimanto without backdropthe fountains of Ladone with open backdrop

The Empyrean, of clouds above and below

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Apotheosis from Germanico sul Reno

(1676)

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