DISMS03 Teoretické přístupy k inscenování opery

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/7. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D.
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 J01, except Mon 21. 4. to Sun 27. 4.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course focuses on different approaches to the analysis of a musical theatre production, in this case the staging of an opera.

The course is held in Czech.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able to:
- explain how different theories from theatre studies or related disciplines can be used to analyse opera;
- apply chosen cognitive theories during analysing adaptation and production of opera performance;
- characterize the different approaches comparatively.
Syllabus
Thematic scope: - semiotics of opera - opera from the perspective of theory of adaptation - performativity of opera - opera as "art of dying" - opera as a (hyper)medium - cognitive analysis of opera The course includes attendance at at least two theatre performances.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • RISI, Clemens. Opera in Performance: Analyzing the Performative Dimension of Opera Productions. Routledge, 2021.
  • HAVELKOVÁ, Tereza. Opera as hypermedium : meaning-making, immediacy, and the politics of perception. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021, xii, 186. ISBN 9780190091262. info
  • ABBATE, Carolyn and Roger PARKER. Dějiny opery : posledních 400 let. Translated by Robert Novotný. Vydání první. Praha: Argo, 2017, 652 stran. ISBN 9788073637002. info
  • ZBIKOWSKI, Lawrence Michael. Foundations of musical grammar. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017, xiv, 255. ISBN 9780190653637. info
  • The Cambridge companion to opera studies. Edited by Nicholas Till. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012, xi, 351. ISBN 9780521855617. info
  • HUTCHEON, Linda and Michael HUTCHEON. Opera : the art of dying. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004, 239 s. ISBN 0674013263. info
Teaching methods
lecture, seminar work, discussion
Assessment methods
Seminar project, oral or written exam. Pass-fail line is 70%.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in three years.
Teacher's information
http://divadlo.phil.muni.cz/
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2023.
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