While writing for the Venetian stage, Carlo Goldoni adhered to the requirements of the
commedia dell’arte theatre, and thanks to his successful cooperation with actors, he gradually
introduced changes to the ossified convention. The comedian-playwright wrote many of his texts for
particular performers, using their personal qualities, stage experience, interpersonal relations within
the team, and even biographies. Caterina Bresciani is an actress with whom Goldoni worked for
as many as 10 theatre seasons, from 1753 to 1762, yet Goldoni does not mention much about her
in his memoirs. To her, he owes his greatest stage success in Venice, La sposa persiana (1753), and
two subsequent episodes of the story of the wild slave of Ircana. The aim of this article is to analyse
the new typology of a female role, created for her first female performer, as well as to examine the
performative traces hidden in the texts that will allow us to recreate the Bresciani style of acting.
Carlo Goldoni si adattò alle esigenze del teatro dell’arte e grazie alla collaborazione con
valenti comici, muniti di eccellenti doti interpretative, introdusse dei cambiamenti nella tradizionale
convenzione. L’autore scrisse molte commedie per degli attori concreti sfruttando la loro indole,
l’esperienza professionale, le relazioni interpersonali all’interno della compagnia e perfino la loro
biografia. Caterina Bresciani, attrice fiorentina che per 10 stagioni, dal 1753 al 1762, collaborò con
Carlo Goldoni, nelle sue memorie compare poco. A lei l’autore dovette il suo più grande successo
scenico, ossia La sposa persiana (1753) e altri due episodi della fortunata storia. L’obiettivo
dell’intervento è indagare la nuova tipologia del personaggio – concepito su misura per la Bresciani –
presente nella famosa trilogia dell’Ircana (La sposa persiana, Ircana in Julfa, Ircana in Ispaan)
e cercare le tracce performative della prima interprete del ruolo sparse nel testo.
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