Stage Metaphor and Directing of Opera: Brno, Second Half of the 20th Century

HAVLÍČKOVÁ KYSOVÁ, Šárka. Stage Metaphor and Directing of Opera: Brno, Second Half of the 20th Century. In Metaphor in the Arts, in Media and Communication (11th Conference of the Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor), Berlin, 1-4 July 2016. 2016.

Basic information

• Original name: Stage Metaphor and Directing of Opera: Brno, Second Half of the 20th Century
• Name in Czech: Jevištní metafora v operní režii. Brno, 2. pol. 20. století
• Authors: HAVLÍČKOVÁ KYSOVÁ, Šárka (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Metaphor in the Arts, in Media and Communication (11th Conference of the Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor), Berlin, 1-4 July 2016, 2016.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: Art, architecture, cultural heritage
• Country of publisher: Germany
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/16:00088387
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords (in Czech): divadlo; opera; jevištní metafora; teorie konceptuální metafory; kognitivní teatrologie
• Keywords in English: theatre; opera; stage metaphor; Conceptual Metaphor Theory; cognitive theatre studies
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

In the field of theatre studies including the area of performance analysis metaphor is still treated as a figurative expression which should above all have an aesthetic function. For several decades the term “theatrical (stage) metaphor” serves as a very commonplace and often used device of the theoretical reflection of an operatic production. The paper focuses on the notion of “theatrical (stage) metaphor” as a crucial principle of staging of an opera. The presentation aims to examine the notion of metaphor from the perspectives of conceptual metaphor theory and more classical definitions of the notion (metaphor) in the field of theatre studies. It will be focused mostly on the staging practice in Brno in the second half of the 20th century, especially on the opera works based on the plays by William Shakespeare, including the masterpieces by Giuseppe Verdi (Macbeth, Otello) directed e.g. by Miloš Wasserbauer, Václav Věžník etc. The paper examines the possibility of the conceptual metaphor theory to serve as an analytical tool in the field of theatre studies rather than the more traditional use and explanation of a metaphor as a poetic device of theatrical performance.

Links

• GA15-06548S, research and development project: Name: Generace režiséra Miloše Wasserbauera a progresivní dramaturgie v opeře Státního divadla v Brně (Acronym: MWOSTB)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation