VARIAN SYMPOSIUM ACTA
The Varian Symposium is devoted to the study of the life and reign,
and the mythical or legendary afterlife,
of the Roman emperor commonly, but erroneously, known as
ELAGABALUS or HELIOGABALUS.
The first Varian Symposium was held at Trinity College, Cambridge,
on 30-31 July, 2005.
Others may be held in future.
23.09.88 Ritratto
immaginario di Eliogabalo’. Fulvio Caldini
Acta:
01: Varian
Studies: a Definition of the Subject.
Leonardo de Arrizabalaga y Prado, M.A. Cantab.
02: A hitherto unpublished coin of Elagabalus.
Mr. Curtis Clay,
of Harlan J. Berk, Inc., Chicago, USA. (absent).
03: Varius
dances.
Dr. Frederick G. Naerebout, Dept. of Ancient
History, Leiden University, Netherlands.
04: Das Priestergewand des Varius (Varius’ Priestly Vestments).
Elke Krengel, M.A., Freie Universität, Berlin
(absent).
05: Kaiser Elagabal in der Historia Augusta,
Samuel Zinsli,
Zürich University
06: A Byzantine perspective on the Varian myth or legend.
Dr. Peter Sarris, Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge.
07: Mansionario’s mediaeval treatment of ‘Heliogabalus’.
Dr. Cécile Bertrand-Dagenbach, Université de Nancy, France.
08: Cavalli’s opera L’Eliogabalo, a victim of musical censorship.
Dr. Mauro Calcagno, Harvard University (absent)
09: Tysens’ play Bassianus Varius
Heliogabalus.
Dr. Frederick G. Naerebout, Leiden University,
Netherlands.
10: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s painting, The Roses of Heliogabalus,
Professor David Watkin, Peterhouse, Cambridge.
11: Hans-Werner Henze’s
symphonic poem Heliogabalus Imperator
recording
12: Jean
Lombard’s novel, L’agonie.
Dr. Caroline de Westenholz, MA, Leiden
13: Gustav-Adolf Mossa's watercolour Lui.
Dr. Caroline de Westenholz, MA, Leiden
14: Louis Couperus’ novel De Berg van Licht
Dr. Caroline de Westenholz, MA, Leiden
15: Deodat de Séverac’s opera, Héliogabale, with libretto by Émile
Sicard,
Dr. Andrea Musk, Oxford University
16: The
"vices and follies" of Elagabalus in modern historical research,
Martijn Icks,
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen.
17 L’Orgie Romaine / Héliogabale (Gaumont
Film 1911)
Dr. Alexis D’Hautcourt, Kansai Gaidai U., Osaka, (absent)
18 The Japanese
reception of the Varian myth,
Itsuki Kitani, M.A., Tsukuba University, Japan.
19: Fulvio Caldini’s Aria di Eliogabalo, Op.
18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdZ39Mcc6IM
20: Fulvio Caldini’s Seconda Aria di Eliogabalo,
Op. 18b
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yet0FzRsfEE
(Fulvio Caldini is also author of the line drawing)