Sibylline Voices: Prophecy and Power at the Medici Theater

This essay examines performances by singer Vittoria Archilei and actress Isabella Andreini at the 1589 wedding of Ferdinando I de' Medici. It argues that, in the charged political context of the marriage festivities, Archilei and Andreini evoked for audiences the ancient Roman figure of the sib...

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Main Author: Helou, Ariane N. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc. [2019]
In: The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2019, Volume: 50, Issue: 3, Pages: 679-704
RelBib Classification:BE Greco-Roman religions
KBJ Italy
TJ Modern history
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B ANDREINI, Isabella, 1562-1604
B ARCHILEI, Vittoria
B Singers
B ACTRESSES
B MEDICI, Ferdinando de', 1663-1713
B Sibyls
B Weddings

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