Title: | Between body and sound: the theatre of Wojtek Blecharz |
Authors: | Figzał-Janikowska, Magdalena |
Keywords: | Wojtek Blecharz; opera; musical theatre; performativity; body |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
Citation: | "Didaskalia" Nr 4 (2021), s. 1-26 |
Abstract: | The article attempts a synthetic overview of Wojtek Blecharz’s major theatrical projects,
including specifically his opera productions, such as Transcryptum, Park-Opera, Body-
Opera, Fiasko [Fiasco] and Rechnitz-Opera (Anioł Zagłady [The Exterminating Angel]). What
these shows have in common is a clear tendency to transcend traditional operatic
conventions, associated with both the form of the genre and its reception.
The composer’s musical and theatrical experiments focus on sound – its performativity and
inseparable link to corporality. The privileging of the body and musical gesture goes hand in
hand with enhancing the visual aspect of music, which makes it possible to see even
Blecharz’s autonomous compositions in terms of performance and often also instrumental
theatre. This article presents the operatic work of Blecharz against the background of
contemporary theories related to the performativity of music and its intermedia contexts. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/22274 |
DOI: | 10.34762/3ca5-c903 |
ISSN: | 2720-0043 |
Appears in Collections: | Artykuły (W.Hum.)
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