The Silence of the Opera. A preliminary investigation into the meaning of the Performative Turn in aesthetics for the presentation of opera.

This research questions the relevance of the "Performative Turn" in aesthetics for the opera. In a theoretical part, the central concepts are critically investigated. In a historical-aesthetical part, the reception of Pelléas et Mélisande by the musictheatre is reinterpreted in the light of this pardigmatic change in (opera-)aesthetics. A third part focuses on the practical consequences of this turn for the contemporary staging of opera.

Keywords:SYMBOLISM, ART HISTORY, PERFORMANCE STUDIES, DRAMATURGY OF OPERA, DEBUSSY

Disciplines:Art studies and sciences, Theatre and performance

Project type:Collaboration project