Federica Marsico
I am specialized in the study of musical theatre from the perspective of queer musicology. I am currently hosted by the Schulich School of Music to carry on the outgoing phase of my three-year project NONORMOPERA - Sexual and Gender Non-Normativity in Opera after the Second World War, which was funded by the European Commission. The project aims to shed light on the expressive strategies employed by gay composers to represent sexual and gender non-normativity in some operas of the second half of the twentieth century. By investigating the socio-historical context where the opera was composed, the author’s biography, the libretto and the score, the project will highlight how music can relate experiences of marginalization and challenge discriminatory prejudices.
11.01.2006 – 06.23.2014
Piano Diploma, Cremona (IT), Conservatory “C. Monteverdi”.
11.01.2006 – 09.23.2009
Bachelor in Musicology, Cremona (IT), University of Pavia, Faculty of Musicology.
10.01.2009 – 04.19.2012
Master in Musicology, Cremona (IT), University of Pavia, Faculty of Musicology.
09.01.2010 – 06.30.2011
Erasmus, Berlin (DE), Freie Universität, Institut für Theaterwissenschaft.
11.01.2012 – 02.23.2016
PhD in Musicology, Cremona (IT), University of Pavia, Department of Musicology and Cultural Heritage. Dissertation: Una lettura queer del mito di Fedra. Gli adattamenti di Britten, Bussotti e Henze.
09.01.2014 – 02.28.2015
Visiting PhD student, Paris (FR), Université de Paris 8, Laboratoire Esthétique, Musicologie, Danse et Créations Musicales.
09.01.2017 – 12.31.2019
Postdoctoral fellowship, Cremona (IT), University of Pavia, Department of Musicology and Cultural Heritage. Research project: La creatività musicale alla luce del soggetto biografico.
04.01 – 08.31.2019
DAAD Postdoctoral fellowship, Giessen (DE), Justus-Liebig-Universität, Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Musikpädagogik. Research project: Genderfragen im Musiktheater von Sylvano Bussotti.
01.01 – 09.30.2020
Postdoctoral fellowship, Venice (IT), Ca’ Foscari University, Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage. Research project: Identità maschili ‘insolite’ sulle scene operistiche.
11.01.2020 – 10.31.2023
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global fellowship (European Commission call H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, score 99/100, grant agreement no. 887530), Venice (IT), Ca’ Foscari University, Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage (host institution) – Montréal, McGill University, Schulich School of Music (partner institution). Research project: NONORMOPERA - Sexual and Gender Non-Normativity in Opera after the Second World War.
For a list of publications, please visit this site
Supervisor: Prof. Lloyd Whitesell
