Abstract
The article examines the image of the Perm musical theatrе's viewer, formed in the theatrical environment of the regional center in 2011-2019. It was established that the myth designed by the artistic director of The Perm Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre allows the neophyte to enter the traditionally closed world of classical music by building a specific plot (the logic of the fairy tale). The methodology is based on the concept of V. Ya. Propp. Using its language, the author indicates the stages of the intelligent viewer’s entry into the world of musical theatre. The process of becoming the viewer is based on the concept’s key elements (rite of passage - the madness of the neophyte - mastering the “cunning science”), which exist in the form of the plot’s “embryos” in the personal mythology of T. Currentzis. The main mythological motifs and images read by viewers influence the formation of their own practices of self-presentation. Focused interviews with viewers in Perm, which were conducted by the author in 2016-2019, are used as a source.
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