POSTMODERNIST PRACTICES IN CONTEMPORARY OPERA

Abstract

Opera, an important link of contemporary culture, has a considerable influence on the individual and society, directing and enriching the cognitive, affective and attitudinal universe of the audience. Postmodernist ideology projects opera into a crisis, stimulating the development of controversial artistic forms. But, at the same time, the information environment gives Opera the possibility of transiting the closed spaces of the halls, propagating and broadcasting the lyrical performances in front of an impressive audience. The social and cultural-artistic context of the last decades has favored the rise of postmodern directorial opera, which invented multiple methods of interpretation, becoming a real challenge for many reviewers, but especially for the conservative opera audience. Without having negative connotations at its beginnings, the New postmodernist concept Regietheater/Regieoper surmounted the stage interpretations with aesthetic character of classical works, reaching today a maximum level of speculative excesses, radically distanced from the original content.