Sens tekstu libretta wydobywa muzyka
The Music Draws out the Meaning of the Libretto

Summary/Abstract: Aleksander Laskowski points out that Nicholas Lens – the creator of the opera Slow Man – brilliantly handled the proportions between the expressive and suggestive works by J. M. Coetzee used for the libretto and music by using innovative techniques in their composition and adaptation (e.g. splitting the characters in two: one that sings and one that speaks). Moreover, Lens enhances the characters emotionally, and lends the text new meaning with his musical ideas. The reviewer believes that in her staging of Lens’ opera, Kleczewska attempts primarily to emphasize this depth and the psychological complexity of Coetzee’s characters, while maintaining the tension contained in the musical layer.

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