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PRECURSORII ISTORICI AI TEATRULUI DE OPERĂ
HISTORICAL PREDECESSORS OF THE OPERA THEATRE GENRE

Author(s): Liliana Ciobanu, Tatiana Comendant
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music, History of Art
Published by: Academia de Muzică, Teatru și Arte Plastice
Keywords: opera; music; theater; music history; theater history; performance; art;

Summary/Abstract: This present article proposes a journey into the historical evolution of the two art forms that stood at the foundation of the lyrical performance: music and theatre, shaping their trajectory in different times and cultures. Music and theater have been coexisting in a relationship of interference since before the assertion of self-specific awareness, they have performed and complemented each other in syncretic manifestations. The birth of the opera as a musical-theatrical genre at the end of the16th century reflects the large-scale creation of the Renaissance artistic and intellectual movements and signifies the fullness of a cultural-artistic assertion acquired over the course of many centuries.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 4(41)
  • Page Range: 279-284
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian