PT Journal
AU Krupkova, L
TI JANACEK´S OPERA THE MAKROPULOS CASE IN THE MIRROR OF THE PERIOD CRITIC
SO Musicologica Olomucensia
PY 2006
BP 125
EP 144
VL 8
IS 1
AB The opera The Makropulos Case by Leos Janacek (1854-1928) is one of several Janacek´s masterpieces that fall within the genre of the "Literaturoper". The paper explores the reception history of the opera´s first performances in Brno (1926) and Prague (1928). It focuses on the critical reflections of both the play by Karel Capek and its operatic transformation by Janacek. It seeks to reconstruct the key concepts underlying the understanding of the opera by the Czech audience in the 1920´s. According to the analysis of the texts of criticism, there was a surprisingly wide agreement among the critics in that respect.
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