PT Journal
AU Sustikova, V
TI Actors in Fibich's Melodramas and Their Declamatory Style
SO Musicologica Olomucensia
PY 2021
BP 212
EP 230
VL 33
IS 1
DI 10.5507/mo.2021.013
AB The first contribution to the state of the acting style and declamation at the time of Zdenek Fibich's melodramatic work is made on the basis of contemporary observations and judgments of theatre criticism as well as fragments in the published memoirs of the artists themselves. The oldest sound recording of an excerpt from Hippodamia (a scene on the walls from the first act of The Courtship of Pelops) dates back to 1911. A comparison with more recent recordings clearly shows how quickly this layer of melodrama interpretation is evolving. declamation; interpretation; style of acting; field of acting; melodrama; voice; word
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