Theater in Feltre

This project is investigating the practices of provincial theatres and their socio-historic importance in the 19th century, using the theatre in Feltre as a case study.

Factsheet

  • Schools involved Bern Academy of the Arts
  • Institute(s) Institute Interpretation
  • Research unit(s) Performance and interpretation
  • Funding organisation SNSF
  • Duration (planned) 01.02.2020 - 31.01.2024
  • Head of project Dr. Annette Kappeler
  • Project staff Raphaël Bortolotti
    Giulia Brunello
  • Partner Comune di Feltre
    Fondazione Giorgio Cini onlus
    Università Ca' Foscari
    Université de Lausanne UNIL

Situation

Its original stage sets and documents pertaining to its administration and performances from that period will be subjected to a microscopic study. This will open up a window on an era when the theatre formed a social centre for the town at a time of ‘foreign rule’, when ideas of ‘national unity’ were forming. This study will cast a new light on theatrical forms whose aesthetic and socio-political significance is often underestimated.

This project contributes to the following SDGs

  • 17: Partnerships for the goals