Kilka uwag o naturze opery, czyli dlaczego Fryderyk Chopin nie został twórcą opery narodowej
Some Remarks on the Nature of Opera, Or, Why Did Frédéric Chopin Not Compose a National Opera

Summary/Abstract: Biographical research confirms that thanks to his studies, Chopin had all the expertise to author a national opera, a genre of fundamental importance and high status in the first half of the nineteenth century. The article posits that the answer to the question why Chopin did not create any operatic works lies in a combina- tion of reasons. The author discusses various factors potentially determining the composer’s decision, including the historical circumstances (the outbreak of the anti-Russian November Uprising in Warsaw in 1830), as well as aspects of Chopin’s musical personality. She focuses on arguments related to the performative status of opera as a genre.

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