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СУЧАСНІ ТЕНДЕНЦІЇ РЕЖИСУРИ ОПЕРНИХ ВИСТАВ
CURRENT TRENDS IN DIRECTING OPERA PERFORMANCES

Author(s): Ivan Ponomarenko
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Music
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: opera; musical score; directors; opera performances; conductors; opera performers;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to identify trends in the development of 21st-century opera direction in the context of symbiotic processes of theatrical and musical art. Methodology is based on the use of complex theoretical interaction – systemic (for holistic research of opera performances as an artistic phenomenon), historical (for analyzing the further development of operatic direction), analytical (for researching trends of operatic direction in the context of the modern sociocultural process) and empirical (for purposeful studying object of study) methods. Scientific novelty. The tendencies of the development of modern opera in the context of the specifics of directorial activity have been determined; analyzed the symbiotic processes of theatrical and musical components of the opera on the example of the productions «Masked Ball» (dir. P. Pizzі, in 2014), «La Traviata» (director A. Bernard, 2017), «Aida» by G. Verdi (dir. M. Kavanagh, 2018) and «Tosca» by G. Puccini (dir. A. Talevye, 2018) proved that innovative directorial principles and methods have a positive effect on the development of performing skills of opera artists.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 34
  • Page Range: 199-207
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Ukrainian