Stable or aggressive relationships between direction and musical style Cover Image

Raporturi stabile sau agresive între regie și stilul muzical
Stable or aggressive relationships between direction and musical style

Author(s): Alba-Simina Stanciu
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Music, Aesthetics, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Editura Universitatii LUCIAN BLAGA din Sibiu
Keywords: opera; stage director; theatricality; musical score; festival;

Summary/Abstract: The opera performance approached from the stage directing perspective is continuously redefined by theatricality, scenic compositions, where the dominant aspect is the artistic concept imposed by the director, by his/her strategies of interpreting the musical material through theatricals reforms. In the opera presented by the most important European festival the evolution is strongly visible, from different “traditional” approaches of the genre where the priority is the musical score, towards the transformation of this genre into an experimental field for the stage director, who uses (or not) the music as basis for his scenic composition. For example, Bayreuth Festival evolves towards Regieoper, applied to Richard Wagner’s repertory, Salzburg Festival which demonstrates a recent search for balance between music and direction, and Glyndebourne where, by the benefic interference of Peter Hall, if visible an ideal version based on the harmony between music and stage directing.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 63-69
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian