Elena Oliva

Elena Oliva is a Fixed-term Researcher in tenure track (RTT) in Musicology and History of Music at Link Campus University in Rome. She holds a Ph.D. in History of the Arts and Entertainment from the University of Florence, where her dissertation on French operetta in post-unification Italy earned the De Sono Prize 2020. Previously, she served as a research fellow at the University of Florence’s Department of History, Archaeology, Geography, Art and Performing Arts (SAGAS) and as an adjunct professor of Musicology in the Primary Education program.

• Education: Ph.D. in History of the Arts and Entertainment (University of Florence)

Her research focuses on musical theater history, music’s relationship with urban spaces, and digital musicology. She has contributed to peer-reviewed journals and authored the monograph L’operetta parigina a Milano, Firenze e Napoli (1860-1890) (2020). She has participated in major national projects such as Progetto Raphael, BaDaCriM, and MML, funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research. She is a member of the scientific committee for the “Percorsi” series of the Italian Society of Musicology.

Awards: Arthur Rubinstein prize (2021, young musicologists), De Sono Prize (2020).

Grants & Projects: Involved in PRIN-funded initiatives like ArtMus and MML. Current research includes the WIM project on women in music history.

Outreach: Designed and led the radio series Boulevard Europa on French operetta history, broadcast in May 2024 on Swiss Radio and Television’s Rete Due.