JÁN CIKKER A JEHO ANTIGONA
JÁN CIKKER AND HIS ANTIGONA

Summary/Abstract: This study deals with the unfinished libretto Antigona [Antigone] by a Slovak composer Ján Cikker (1911–1989). In the libretto, Cikker adapts Sophocles’ tragedy, but he also adds some elements that one can identify as references to the politics of the period, typical for the late 1980s. By employing a comparative analysis of the source text and the libretto adaptation, the author describes methods used by Cikker to maintain the ideas of the original text and at the same time to emphasize the common features of the operatic genre. A libretto is perceived here as a fully-fledged text capable of its own independent existence, which can satisfy the audience both as a literary and dramatic text. In addition, Antigone is compared to the other operas by Ján Cikker in order to find the key features of the author’s work.

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