Schulz po wagnerowsku
Schulz in the Wagnerian Mode

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns Noc poślubna (Wedding Night), a musical drama written, composed, and directed by Jan Lech and based on a novel by Bruno Schulz from the Sklepy cynamonowe collection. The spectacle was prepared for the 40th anniversary of the Centre for Theatre Practices “Gardzienice”. The first part of the text presents Jan Lech’s path towards “Gardzienice” – from participation in the “Ecology of the theatre” course at Warsaw University and scientific activity to artistic undertakings. A fundamental part of the article is an analysis of ‘Noc poślubna’ and a description of the work methods applied by its author. The opera by Jan Lech features both discernible inspiration by the oeuvre of Richard Wagner, twentieth-century music, and echoes of experiences gained in Gardzienice. In his auteur adaptation of Schulz’s prose Lech disclosed a personal style consisting of playing a game with the conventions of assorted epochs and processing scientific research into the language of art. In his small-scale theatrical-musical work Lech proposes an interesting interpretation of the oneiric ambiance and Expressionistic character of Schulz’s Karakony.

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