Menininkas muzikiniame antros XIX a. pusės Lietuvos teatre
The Artist in Musical Theatre (During the Second Half of the 19th Century in Lithuania)

Summary/Abstract: The focus of this article is the artist in the development of musical theatre in Lithuania. The research is focused on the artists, conductors, and the heads of the city's theatre, all of which had an everlasting meaning in the centre of Lithuanian cultural life, which was Vilnius, during the second half of the 19th century. It’ s not just the inborn talent of musical artists, but his or her purposeful and consciously orientated professional work, and artistic position that strongly determined cultural processes, especially moments of change, progress, and in this particular case, the situation of opera theatre. This article deals with the changes in the theatre life of Vilnius, the problems linked with musical genres, and the shift in repertoire, and reveals the biographical facts of those Vilnius residents who had reached the pinnacle of their profession - the artists of the opera theatre - the large part of which today have been unjustly relegated to the forgotten annals of history due to a lack of research.

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