The paper deals with two cases of opera re-enactment in the movies, both full of gender and identity strategies: the scene in "Philadelphia" which exalts Maria Callas' tragic voice, and "M. Butterfly" by David Cronenberg, especially the final suicide

Sublime voices, tragic Identifications : on two opera re-enactments in cinema

Fusillo, Massimo
2025

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The paper deals with two cases of opera re-enactment in the movies, both full of gender and identity strategies: the scene in "Philadelphia" which exalts Maria Callas' tragic voice, and "M. Butterfly" by David Cronenberg, especially the final suicide
2025
Settore L-FIL-LET/14 - Critica Letteraria e Letterature Comparate
Settore L-ART/06 - Cinema, Fotografia e Televisione
Settore COMP-01/A - Critica letteraria e letterature comparate
Settore PEMM-01/B - Cinema, fotografia, radio, televisione e media digitali
New Approaches to Transcodification. Literature, Arts, and Media
De Gruyter
OPERA: IDENTIFICATION; CINEMA; RE-ENACTMENT; MARIA CALLAS; AIDS; GENDER; ORIENTALISM;
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