El proceso de adaptación de la ópera, el género musical más complejo y opulento de los siglos XVII y XVIII, al escenario germánico estuvo flanqueado por una intensa y encarnizada discusión estética e ideológica. Filósofos, teólogos, críticos literarios y musicales y músicos alimentaron la disputa con argumentos de muy diverso cariz que van desde la...
En studie av teaterdekoratören, konstnären och arkitekten Louis Jean Desprez' betydelse för Gustaf III nationella projekt, att förena sitt folk och skapa en nationell identitet med hjälp av opera och teater. / A study in the importance of the theatre decorateur artist and architect Louis Jean Desprez' for the national project of Gustaf III, to unit...
That opera seria of the early eighteenth century can be interpreted in terms of the theoretical model of Edward Said’s “Orientalism”, has been established by scholars during the last decades. The drama often shows a polarity between two characters, the Ideal and the Exotic (Other). This dichotomy has been interpreted as a manifestation of the absol...
RésuméDe 1997 à 2002, eurent lieu la naissance, l’élaboration puis la création par l’Ensemble Modern de Francfort d’un opéra vidéo du compositeur minimaliste américain Steve Reich et de la vidéaste Beryl Korot : Three Tales. Cet opéra était une commande de Klaus Peter Kehr, directeur musical des Wiener Festwochen (Vienne). Sa réalisation mobilisa u...
A paradigm of the earliest operatic endeavors of the Arcadian Academy, the myth of Endymion and Diana inspired librettos by Christina of Sweden and Alessandro Guidi, Francesco de Lemene, and Pietro Metastasio. All of these efforts emerged as reactions to the ‘Baroque,’ yet their dramaturgical and intellectual underpinnings appear to stand in such c...
Abstract: Beginning with the 2006-07 season, the New York Metropolitan Opera began broadcasting live performances into select movie theatres around the world. This article explores the phenomenon using an approach known as medium theory. It draws from the work of three analysts in that tradition who have focused on the performing and recording arts...
I am a practising classical soprano. After more than 20 years of professional singing, I re-trained my voice according to principles of the old Italian school of singing. In this essay, I examine the origins and priciples of bel canto, with special focus on appoggio and chiaroscuro, two key ingredients in the bel cantao tradition. I explore the rel...
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Inbjuden av Gustaf III, den franska teaterdekoratören, konstnären och arkitekten Louis Jean Desprez, i Sverige 1784-1804, förnyade teaterdekorationen på Operan. Genom att analysera Desprez’ teaterdekorationer med inspiration från de abstrakta konstnärerna Mondrian, Malevich och Rothko, utvecklar uppsatsen ett nytt tolkningssystem som tillsammans me...
