

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Book Launch: Vissi d’arte: Puccini and Decadence, by Prof. Maria Frendo
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 17 Mar, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Event Description**: The Malta book launch of Vissi d’arte: Puccini and Decadence, by Prof. Maria Frendo (Malta). Following a reading from her book, Prof. Frendo will discuss her work with Prof. Ivan Callus.

Date: 5pm, 17 March
Venue: Faculty of Arts Library

After the event, drinks and nibbles will be served in the foyer of the Old Humanities Building.

Abstract:
Vissi d’arte: Puccini and Decadence looks at four of Puccini’s much-loved operas, La bohème (1895), Tosca (1899), Madama Butterfly (1904), and Turandot (2024), through perspectives that position themselves at the interface of scholarship in literature and music. That twinned approach makes for a signature attribute of Prof. Maria Frendo’s research, which is here further marked by a sustained focus on how the theme of decadence permeates Puccini’s work. Puccini’s operas speak eloquently of their times and retain an ever-renewable capacity to speak to ours – in ways that are clearly discussed in this volume, which contributes fresh insights on various aspects of his work that have been largely under-commented.

Bionote:
Maria Frendo is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Malta and a member of the editorial board of CounterText, a Literary Studies Journal published with Edinburgh University Press. She is also a Fellow of the London College of Music and of Trinity College of Music, London, in classical singing and pianoforte performance respectively. Her keen interest in Literature and Music has led to publications that look at the interface between between these two disciplines, contributing depth and range to critical debate and contemporary scholarship. Maria is the co-curator of the Joseph Vella Music Archive at Il-Ħaġar Musem, Victoria Gozo, assistant Artistic Director of the Victoria International Arts Festival, and leader of the Laudate Pueri Choir of St George’s Basilica. She was appointed to the National Order of Merit in 2012.
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- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, music, entertainment, festivals, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 30

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Msida
- **state**: MA
- **country**: Malta
- **location**: University of Malta
- **lat**: 35.902211579921
- **long**: 14.482700336188
- **full address**: University of Malta, Sir Temi Zammit Hall, University Ring Road, Msida, MSD, Malta

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 17 Mar, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** University of Malta, Sir Temi Zammit Hall, University Ring Road, Msida, MSD, Malta
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** English at UM
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, music, entertainment, festivals, nonprofit
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