The Baroque lived between Italy and France will be at the center of the meeting “Staging the Baroque. Mobility and Performance Across Italy and France”, scheduled on Monday 27 April 2026, from 18:00 to 20:00, at the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò of New York University. The event is part of the Viva Voce exhibition, conceived by Professor Eugenio Refini, and will be a moment of discussion on the cultural and artistic dynamics of the 17th century.
To introduce the panel will be Eugenio Refini and Ida Caiazza (NYU), opening the dialogue between scholars from important universities and academic institutions: Jessica Goethals (University of Alabama), Kate Driscoll (Duke University), Katharina Piechocki (University of British Columbia), Barbara Nestola (Centre de Musique Baroque), Sylvaine Guyot (NYU) and Emily Wilbourne (CUNY). A heterogeneous group that reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the meeting, between theatre, music and educational studies.
The heart of the discussion will revolve around the circulation of artists, works and theatrical practices between Italy and France in the 17th century. What happens when singers cross the Alps? How do works change when travelling faster than their authors? And how do the theatrical conventions born in the Italian courts turn once they land on the French scenes?
The meeting will address these questions by highlighting the transformation processes that accompany every form of cultural mobility. From theatrical machines to scenography, from professional paths of actors and singers to the circulation of books and scores, the workshop will offer an in-depth look on an evolving artistic system.
There will be an experiential component: a listening session will allow participants to enter directly into contact with the music materials discussed, reporting historical analysis to the concrete dimension of sound and performance.
“Viva Voce” thus confirms a privileged area of dialogue between research, teaching and dissemination, able to relate different perspectives and to bring the public closer to the themes of performative culture. The event is organized with the support of the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò and the Medieval and Renaissance Center of NYU.
In an increasingly interconnected cultural context, “Staging the Baroque” invites us to reread the past as a network of exchanges and contaminations, showing how Baroque, far from being a static phenomenon, has been a laboratory of innovation and artistic circulation still today.
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