Gozzi’s Turandot was first performed at the Teatro San Samuele in Venice in January 1762. Gozzi’s fiabe were popular, both in Italy and other countries in Europe, and drew influences from commedia dell’arte, which led to a revival of interest in the genre and earned him the title of ‘the saviour of commedia dell arte’. His personal crusade was to revive traditional commedia dell’arte and after the success of The Love of the Three Oranges, Gozzi wrote nine fiabe, literally fairy tales.Ĭonsidered outstanding were Il re cervo - the King Stag - Turandot, and La donna serpente - the Snake Woman - which were all performed in 1762, and L’augellin belvedere - the Pretty Little Green Bird - performed in 1765. Gabriel Bella's painting of the stage at the Teatro san Samuele When he returned to Venice, he joined the Accademia dei Granelleschi, a group determined to preserve Italian literature from being corrupted by foreign influences. ![]() ![]() Having been born into a noble but poor family, Gozzi initially had to go into the army to make a living because his parents could not support him. It was a great success and revived the fortunes of the company of actors. The play was first performed by commedia dell’arte actors, who had been out of work due to the dwindling interest in the genre following the innovations of Goldoni and Chiari. He attacked Goldoni in a satirical poem and then wrote a play, L’amore delle tre melarance - The Love of Three Oranges - in which he portrayed Goldoni as a magician and Chiari as a wicked fairy. Gozzi was against the dramatic innovations made by writers such as Pietro Chiari and Carlo Goldoni. He was a staunch defender of the traditional Italian commedia dell’arte form of drama and his plays were admired throughout Europe.Ĭommedia dell’arte was a theatrical form that used improvised dialogue and a cast of masked, colourful stock characters such as Arlecchino, Colombina and Pulcinella. Noble Venetian who fought to preserve commedia dell’arteĬount Carlo Gozzi, the poet and playwright, was born on this day in 1720 in Venice.
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