Sibylline Voices: Prophecy and Power at the Medici Theater
This essay examines performances by singer Vittoria Archilei and actress Isabella Andreini at the 1589 wedding of Ferdinando I de' Medici. It argues that, in the charged political context of the marriage festivities, Archilei and Andreini evoked for audiences the ancient Roman figure of the sib...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
[2019]
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2019, Volume: 50, Issue: 3, Pages: 679-704 |
| RelBib Classification: | BE Greco-Roman religions KBJ Italy TJ Modern history ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
ANDREINI, Isabella, 1562-1604
B ARCHILEI, Vittoria B Singers B ACTRESSES B MEDICI, Ferdinando de', 1663-1713 B Sibyls B Weddings |