Dr Francesca Placanica

Lecturer in Music, Director of Performance, International Coordinator
Biography
Research Interests
Research Projects
Project | Role | Funding Body / Program | Description | Start Date | End Date | Award (€) | |
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En-Gendering Monodrama: Artistic Research and Experimental Production. | PI | Irish Research Council (IRC) / GOI Postdoctoral Fellowship (2 year) | 01-OCT-15 | 30-SEP-17 | 90690 |
Books
Year | Publication | |
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2014 | Cathy Berberian: Pioneer of contemporary vocality.
Karantonis P.;Placanica F.;Sivuoja-Kauppala A.;Verstraete P. (2014) Cathy Berberian: Pioneer of contemporary vocality. Farnham: Ashgate. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
Year | Publication | |
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2018 | 'Recital i (for Cathy): A Drama 'Through the Voice''
Placanica F. (2018) 'Recital i (for Cathy): A Drama 'Through the Voice''. Twentieth-Century Music, 15 (3):359-397 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2018 | 'The unsung one: The performer’s voice in twentieth-century musical monodrama'
Placanica F. (2018) 'The unsung one: The performer’s voice in twentieth-century musical monodrama'. Journal of Musicological Research, 37 (2):119-140 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2012 | '‘Mercadante in Paris (1835-36). 2012. The Critical View’'
Francesca Placanica (2012) '‘Mercadante in Paris (1835-36). 2012. The Critical View’'. Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine. Belgisch tijdschrift voor nieuwste geschiedenis, (66):151-166 [full-text] [Details] |
Book Chapters
Year | Publication | |
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2020 | 'The Female Soloist: Evolving Opportunities, Identity and Reception”'
Francesca Placanica (2020) 'The Female Soloist: Evolving Opportunities, Identity and Reception”' In: Laura Hamer (eds). The Cambridge Companion to Women in Music since 1900. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details] |
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2020 | '“La Voix Humaine (1959-2016) and The ‘Epiphany’ of the Performer’s Identity”'
Francesca Placanica (2020) '“La Voix Humaine (1959-2016) and The ‘Epiphany’ of the Performer’s Identity”' In: Antonio Cascelli, Denis Condon (eds). Music and Visual Cultures. London: Routledge. [Details] |
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2020 | 'Constructing Cathy: Intertextuality and Intersubjectivity in Luciano Berio’s Recital I (for Cathy)”'
Francesca Placanica (2020) 'Constructing Cathy: Intertextuality and Intersubjectivity in Luciano Berio’s Recital I (for Cathy)”' In: VIOLETTA KOSTKA, PAULO F. DE CASTRO, WILLIAM EVERETT (eds). INTERTEXTUALITY IN MUSIC: DIALOGIC COMPOSITION. Abingdon (UK): Routledge. [Details] |
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2019 | 'Ritual and Embodiment in Scelsi's solo vocal works'
Francesca Placanica (2019) 'Ritual and Embodiment in Scelsi's solo vocal works' In: Federico Celestini (eds). Giacinto Scelsi: Music Across the Borders. Turnhout: Brepols. [Details] |
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2019 | '“Embodied Commitments: Solo Performance and the Making of Avant-garde Music Theatre”'
Francesca Placanica (2019) '“Embodied Commitments: Solo Performance and the Making of Avant-garde Music Theatre”' In: Robert Adlington and Gianmario Borio (eds). New Music Theatre in Europe 1955-75. Farnham: Routledge. [Details] |
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2015 | ''Unwrapping the Voice': Cathy Berberian's and John Cage's Aria'
Placanica, F (2015) ''Unwrapping the Voice': Cathy Berberian's and John Cage's Aria' In: Transformations of Musical Modernism. CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. [Details] |
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2014 | 'La nuova vocalità nell'opera contemporanea (1966): Cathy Berberian's legacy'
Placanica F. (2014) 'La nuova vocalità nell'opera contemporanea (1966): Cathy Berberian's legacy' In: Cathy Berberian: Pioneer of Contemporary Vocality. Farnham: Ashgate. [Details] |
Conference Contributions
Year | Publication | |
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2018 | Voice-Body Practices in the Music Theatre of Du Yun.
Francesca Placanica (2018) Voice-Body Practices in the Music Theatre of Du Yun. [Oral Presentation], Society of Musicology in Ireland Plenary Conference, Cork , 14-JUN-18 - 17-JUN-18 [Details] |
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2018 | Remediation and Aporia in Neither (I nor Not I).
Francesca Placanica (2018) Remediation and Aporia in Neither (I nor Not I). [Oral Presentation], The Audiovisual Body, University of Huddersfield , 10-JUN-18 - 13-JUN-18 [Details] |
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2018 | Remediation and Voice-Body Practices in the Music Theatre of Du Yun.
Francesca Placanica (2018) Remediation and Voice-Body Practices in the Music Theatre of Du Yun. [Oral Presentation], Performance Studies Network, Oslo , 05-JUL-18 - 08-JUL-18 [Details] |
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2017 | The voice and its instruments: Cathy Berberian’s 'New Vocality' and the “living body.
Francesca Placanica (2017) The voice and its instruments: Cathy Berberian’s 'New Vocality' and the “living body. [Oral Presentation], Vocality/Instrumentality, University of Huddersfield [Details] |
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2016 | ‘The Quest for Voice: En-Gendering Neither’.
Francesca Placanica (2016) ‘The Quest for Voice: En-Gendering Neither’. [Oral Presentation], Society for Musicology of Ireland Plenary International Conference, Dublin City University [Details] |
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2016 | ‘Embodied Monologues: Solo Performance, Intertextuality and the Making of Avant-Garde Music Theatre’.
Francesca Placanica (2016) ‘Embodied Monologues: Solo Performance, Intertextuality and the Making of Avant-Garde Music Theatre’. [Oral Presentation], Research Seminar, Maynooth University [Details] |
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2016 | ‘La Voix humaine and the epiphany of the performer’s identity’.
Francesca Placanica (2016) ‘La Voix humaine and the epiphany of the performer’s identity’. [Oral Presentation], Music and Visual Cultures, Maynooth University [Details] |
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2016 | ‘Neither in performance: background study and notes for an experimental production’.
Francesca Placanica (2016) ‘Neither in performance: background study and notes for an experimental production’. [Oral Presentation], Performance Studies Network, Bath Spa UK [Details] |
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2016 | ‘Monodramatic Immersions: Repositioning the Solo Performer’s Embodied Voice’.
Francesca Placanica (2016) ‘Monodramatic Immersions: Repositioning the Solo Performer’s Embodied Voice’. [Oral Presentation], Operatic Immersions: Inaugural conference of the Northern Opera Research Network, University of Huddersfield/Leeds [Details] |
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2016 | ‘Neither self nor unself: the aporìa of a posthuman vocality in Feldman’s and Beckett’s monodrama’.
Francesca Placanica (2016) ‘Neither self nor unself: the aporìa of a posthuman vocality in Feldman’s and Beckett’s monodrama’. [Oral Presentation], American Comparative Literature Association International Conference, , Seminar: Posthumanist Vocality I, II, Harvard University , 17-MAR-16 - 20-MAR-16 [Details] |
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2015 | Voices of the Avant-Garde.
Francesca Placanica (2015) Voices of the Avant-Garde. [Oral Presentation], Biennial ‘International Conference on Music Since 1900’, Glasgow University , 07-SEP-15 - 09-SEP-15 [Details] |
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2015 | ‘Intertextuality and Intersubjectivity in Recital I’.
Francesca Placanica (2015) ‘Intertextuality and Intersubjectivity in Recital I’. [Oral Presentation], Intertextuality in Music since 1900, New University, Lisbon , 06-MAR-15 - 08-MAR-15 [Details] |
Published Reports
Year | Publication | |
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2015 | ‘Female Epiphanies in Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Musical Monodrama: Experimental Study and Artistic Production.’.
Francesca Placanica (2015) ‘Female Epiphanies in Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Musical Monodrama: Experimental Study and Artistic Production.’. Music + Practice, The Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo. [Details] |
Encyclopedia Entry
Year | Publication | |
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2013 | 21 biographical entries.
Francesca Placanica (2013) 21 biographical entries. Cambridge: Encyclopedia Entry [Details] |
Invited Seminars
Year | Publication | |
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2020 | Italian Renaissance of Women.
Francesca Placanica (2020) Italian Renaissance of Women. Dublin: Invited Seminars [Details] |
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2015 | ‘Recital I: Experimental Study and Artistic Production’.
Francesca Placanica (2015) ‘Recital I: Experimental Study and Artistic Production’. Invited Seminars [Details] |
Reviews
Year | Publication | |
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2011 | Review. ‘D'une scène à l'autre: L'opéra italien en Europe. ed. Damien Colas, and Alessandro Di Profio, Vol. 1: Les Pérégrinations d'un genre and Vol. 2: La Musique à l’épreuve du théâtre. (Wavre: Mardaga, 2009)’.
Francesca Placanica (2011) Review. ‘D'une scène à l'autre: L'opéra italien en Europe. ed. Damien Colas, and Alessandro Di Profio, Vol. 1: Les Pérégrinations d'un genre and Vol. 2: La Musique à l’épreuve du théâtre. (Wavre: Mardaga, 2009)’. Reviews [Details] |
Guest Speaker Hosted
Year | Publication | |
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2020 | Cathy Berberian's 'Stripsody'.
Francesca Placanica, Eleonora Lima (2020) Cathy Berberian's 'Stripsody'. Dublin: Guest Speaker Hosted [Details] |
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2019 | JOURNÉE D’ÉTUDES SEQUENZA III DE LUCIANO BERIO.
Francesca Placanica (2019) JOURNÉE D’ÉTUDES SEQUENZA III DE LUCIANO BERIO. Paris: Guest Speaker Hosted [Details] |
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2016 | ‘New Music Theatre in Europe: Transformations between 1955-1975’.
Francesca Placanica (2016) ‘New Music Theatre in Europe: Transformations between 1955-1975’. Guest Speaker Hosted [Details] |
Honours and Awards
Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
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2019 | MSCA Seal of Excellence | MSCA |
Committees
Committee | Function | From / To | |
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Teaching and Learning Committee | Member | 2019 / 2022 | |
Teaching and Learning Committee | Member | 2019 / 2022 | |
Arts and Humanities Festival | Member | / |
Education
Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
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2011 | Conservatorio F. Torrefranca, Vibo Valentia | Diploma di Canto | Opera Singing | |
2007 | Southern Methodist University (USA) | Master of Music | Music | |
2003 | Universita' della Calabria (I) | Laurea (equivalent to MA) | Disciplines of Arts, Music and Drama | |
2013 | University of Southampton | PhD | Music | |
2005 | Newcastle University (UK) | MMUS | Voice Performance |
Languages
Language | Reading | Writing | Speaking | |
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French | Fluent | Functional | Fluent | |
German | Basic | Basic | Basic | |
English | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent | |
Latin | Functional | Basic | None | |
Italian | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent | |
Classical Greek | Functional | Functional | None |
Outreach Activities
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An evening event about Cathy Berberian's Stripsody. |
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Short Grass FilmFestival: a celebration of short-films awarded a Short Grass bursary. Screening my production 'Neither (I nor Not I)', output of my En-Gendering Monodrama project. Link |
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Rinascimento Femminile. Singing Francesca Caccini's Ariosto. |
Other Activities
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Private tuition to amateurs and professionals. |
Internal Collaborators
Name | Institute | Country | |
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University of Huddersfield | UNITED KINGDOM |
External Collaborators
Name | Role / Description | Country | |
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Dr Jason D'Aoust | Co-curator | U.S.A. |