From Metastasio to Mario Persico: books, research, awards, and accolades. A new chapter for Luca Lupoli and Olga De Maio in the summer of 2026. Three essays trace a journey spanning the history of *melodramma* (opera), documentary sources, and autograph scores: from the study on the “Primacy of the Text” in Pietro Metastasio’s work to […]
Persico and Early 20th-Century Neapolitan Operatic Production: A Critical Reappraisal
Persico and Early 20th-Century Neapolitan Operatic Production: A Critical Reappraisal The new, expanded edition of the volume *Mario Persico e la sua produzione operistica* (Mario Persico and His Operatic Production) by Luca Lupoli and Olga De Maio stands as a significant contribution to the reconstruction of Neapolitan musical history in the early 20th century. The […]
Festa del Merlo XXX edition – By Officina Mirabilis
Mario Persico’s Janara desnuda (naked Janara)(Janara=witch in Neapolitan language) with a visionary Merlo del Paradiso (Blackbird of Paradise) on her shoulder is the icon of the XXX edition of the Festa del Merlo (Blackbird Fest).🖤 Thirty years of festive militancy enclosed in a poster reconstructed from an unrealized dream: Mario Persico was unable to finish […]