Reforme teatrale în opera contemporană. Olivier Messiaen. Saint François d'Assise
Theatrical reforms in contemporary opera. Olivier Messiaen. Saint François d'Assise

Summary/Abstract: The opera genre is recently subjected to an accelerated process of investment with theatrical techniques and a new language of theatricality. Saint François d’Assise written by the French composer Olivier Messiaen is based on new expressions in musical language: from the ancient greek melos until the indian harmonic structures and Oriental rythms, the colour which is transformed into sound, etc. He also suggests new musical images, capable of adapting the old eficacity of the medieval miracle plays to the contemporary sensitivity and comprehension. The essay is focused on three versions of stage directions, Peter Sellars, Pierre Audi, Hermann Nitsch, tracing the strategies of both expression and meanings of the musical discourse, transformed in „spectacular text” through non-conformistic methods (video art, naive expressionism, ritual).

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