Abstract
AbstractAlthough many opera libretti are based on novels and short stories, only a few have used a science-fiction story as their main subject. The first opera of the Japanese composer Dai Fujikura was written in 2013–14 to a libretto by Saburo Teshigawara and is developed from Stanisław Lem's acclaimed novel Solaris (1961). By analysing passages from the score, this article will explore both the different strategies used by the composer and his librettist to create a new version of the story and the ways in which they have renewed the genre of opera.
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