Italian Voices lecture-recital
Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School
What is it that makes the Italian voice sound ‘Italian’? And what happens when this voice collides with futuristic technologies that mark the beginning of a new age?
In this evening of words and music, five researchers and three musicians will guide us through a curious collection of Italian vocal experiments from the early 1900s.
From fake Neapolitan songs to stuttering opera arias, singing silent films to Futurist sound-poems, come and discover what these new Italian voices sounded like and how they changed as the first recording media—the gramophone, cinema and radio—emerged on the public stage.
The event is free, but booking is required - please visit https://www.soundingoutitaly.co.uk/events for more information.