Libretto, muzyka i opera. Interferencja czasowa w teatrze muzycznym

Abstract

The central focus here is on the category of time in opera theatre. The structure of time in the opera is understood as consisting of two types of structure: linear-temporal type or circular type. Structured time that is present in all three aspects of the opera (libretto, music score, staging) can simultaneously enter into a network of mutual relations between the fields of art that create an opera work. The phenomenon of the overlapping of the two-time structures, contained in two different aspects of an opera (libretto and score), which leads to the reinforcement or extinction of these time structures is called time interference. This phenomenon comes from research conducted in physics, but is creatively adapted to the range of problems found in opera studies and in drama studies. The constructive interference in the opera strengthens the time structure (linear or circular), while its destructive variety extinguishes one of the structures of time. The phenomenon of interference can influence, e.g. the acceleration of, or for example, the acceleration or deceleration of drama action.