VH_732 Dramaturgy of opera

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020

The course is not taught in Autumn 2020

Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Zahrádka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jan Karafiát
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course will deal with the opera libretto and music score, setting up of the dramaturgical plan and dramaturgical analysis etc. Part of the course will be a projection of several opera production, visit of the dramaturgical office of the Janáček Opera in the National Theatre in Brno and a lecture of a professional opera dramaturgist.
Syllabus
  • 1. Analysis of the idea of the opera dramaturgy, history of the opera dramaturgy
  • 2. Work with the opera text, work on the dramaturgical plan and dramaturgical analysis
  • 3. Presentation of the student dramaturgical plan and dramaturgical analysis
Literature
  • DANUSER, Hermann. Musiktheater heute. Internationales Symposion der Paul Sacher Stiftung Basel 2001. Mainz: Schott. 445 pp. ISBN 3-7957-0481-2. 2003. info
  • HERZ, Joachim. Theater - Kunst des erfüllten Augenblicks. Berlin: Henschelverlag Kunst und Gesellschaft. 715 pp. ISBN 3-362-00254-4. 1989. info
  • TROJAN, Jan. Úvod do hudební dramaturgie opery. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství. 97 s. 1988. info
  • KAŠLÍK, Václav. Jak jsem dělal operu. 1. vyd. Praha: Panton. 194 s. 1987. URL info
  • HONOLKA, Kurt. Na počátku bylo libreto. Praha: Supraphon, 1967. info
Assessment methods
80% attendance and presentation of the dramaturgical analysis of the opera in small group of students
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2016, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2025.
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