Repertoire and archive of librettos of Italian opera from 1600 to 1900
It is the basic information system of the project. Developed on the FRBR conceptual model, it is a first concrete realization of the Radames (Repertorization and Archiving of Documents Pertaining to Opera and Performance) prototype, created in 2003 in collaboration with the Department of Music and Performing Arts at the University of Bologna.
It is divided into three containers: the Repertoire of Opera, the Chronology of Performances, and the Bibliography and Digital Archive of Opera Librettos. The historical and bibliographical information in Corago was acquired from main dictionaries, the usual bibliographical tools, consultation of volumes, and online catalogs of libraries and websites dedicated to opera. This activity was joined by the digital reproduction of librettos owned by the main collections in the Emilia-Romagna region and the retrieval of reproduced librettos available online.
Lorenzo Bianconi - Angelo Pompilio - Giorgio Pagannone, RADAMES. Prototipo d'un repertorio e archivio digitale per il melodramma, «Il Saggiatore Musicale», XI (2004), pp. 345-394.