HV_706 Literature Opera

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024

The course is not taught in Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mikuláš Bek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mikuláš Bek, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
VH_39 Bachelor exam
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the subject is to explain the basis of opera dramaturgy with an emphasis on Italian and French opera of the 19th century, as well as selected composers (Strauss, Janacek and others)
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to orientate himself in the field of musical dramaturgy, especially with emphasis on 19th and 20th century opera.
Syllabus
  • Fundamentals of opera dramaturgy
  • Italian dramatic opera of the 19th century
  • Dramaturgy of French opera of the 19th century Zemlinsky: Eine florentinische Tragödie
  • Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
  • Janáček: Její pastorkyňa
  • Strauss: Salome
  • Strauss: Elektra
  • Berg: Wozzeck
  • Janáček: Věc Makropulos
  • Berg: Lulu
Literature
    required literature
  • Hudební divadlo jako výzva : interdisciplinární texty. Edited by Helena Spurná. Vyd. 1. Brno: Národní divadlo. 495 s. ISBN 8072581619. 2004. info
  • GIER, Albert. Das Libretto :Theorie und Geschichte einer musikoliterarischen Gattung. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. ix, 338 s. ISBN 3-534-12368-9. 1998. info
  • DAHLHAUS, Carl. Wagners Konzeption des musikalischen Dramas. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag. 154 s. ISBN 3-423-04538-8. 1990. info
  • DAHLHAUS, Carl. Vom Musikdrama zur Literaturoper. München: R. Piper GmbH. 331 pp. ISBN 3-492-18238-0. 1989. info
    recommended literature
  • Pipers Enzyklopädie des Musiktheaters :Oper, Operette, Musical, Ballett. Edited by Sieghart Döhring - Uwe Steffen - Carl Dahlhaus. München: Piper. 793 s. ISBN 3-492-03972-3. 1997. info
  • Pipers Enzyklopädie des Musiktheaters :Oper, Operette, Musical, Ballett. Edited by Sieghart Döhring - Carl Dahlhaus. München: Piper. xx, 826 s. ISBN 3-492-02421-1. 1997. info
  • Pipers Enzyklopädie des Musiktheaters :Oper, Operette, Musical, Ballett. Edited by Sieghart Döhring - Carl Dahlhaus. München: Piper. xviii, 796. ISBN 3-492-02415-7. 1994. info
  • Pipers Enzyklopädie des Musiktheaters :Oper, Operette, Musical, Ballett. Edited by Sieghart Döhring - Carl Dahlhaus. München: Piper. xx, 794 s. ISBN 3-492-02414-9. 1991. info
  • Pipers Enzyklopädie des Musiktheaters :Oper, Operette, Musical, Ballett. Edited by Sieghart Döhring - Carl Dahlhaus. München: Piper. vxiii, 796. ISBN 3-492-02413-0. 1989. info
  • Pipers Enzyklopädie des Musiktheaters :Oper, Operette, Musical, Ballett. Edited by Sieghart Döhring - Carl Dahlhaus. München: Piper. xxii, 776. ISBN 3-492-02411-4. 1986. info
  • ZICH, Otakar. Estetika dramatického umění : teoretická dramaturgie. V Praze: Melantrich. 408 s. 1931. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, group projects and presentations, reading and homework.
Assessment methods
Share on a group project. A 10,000 character essay analyzing the relationship between the literary source, the music text, and the music in the selected opera (on the example of a properly chosen probe, for example within one scene).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: every week.
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