OPERAcja
OPERAtion
Author(s): Justyna StasiowskaSubject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut im. Jerzego Grotowskiego
Keywords: Theatre; Opera; Michał Zadara; Jagoda Szmytka; Wojtek Blecharz; Review
Summary/Abstract: A review of plays created within the framework of Project P at the Grand Theatre–National Opera in Warsaw (prem.: 23.05.2013). The author shows that two of the plays – Jagoda Szmytka's For Voices and Hands and Wojtek Blecharz's Transcryptum – represent a kind of “anatomy lesson” on the opera phenomenon, especially with regard to the relationship between a work's sound and production. Stasiowska opines that the artists endeavour to destroy the division between a musical work (exclusively designed for listening) and theatrical work (only for viewing). While completing an accurate description of the experiences of a spectator taking part in Project P, the author contemplates the possibility of and potential for deconstructing the operational mechanisms of opera (both in administrative-institutional and purely technical terms).
Journal: Didaskalia. Gazeta Teatralna
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 117
- Page Range: 121-123
- Page Count: 3
- Language: Polish