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  • Research Article
  • 10.1093/oq/kbaf001
From the Theater of War to the Theater Stage: The Militarization of the State Theatre Pretoria (1981)
  • Apr 21, 2025
  • The Opera Quarterly
  • Melissa Gerber

  • Research Article
  • 10.1093/oq/kbaf015
Rethinking Baroque Musical Theater
  • Apr 21, 2025
  • The Opera Quarterly
  • Mauro Calcagno

  • Research Article
  • 10.1093/oq/kbaf016
Dossier: Romeo Castellucci: <i>Il Combattimento</i> (2000–2001)Edited by Mauro Calcagno
  • Apr 21, 2025
  • The Opera Quarterly
  • Piersandra Di Matteo

  • Research Article
  • 10.1093/oq/kbaf007
Complaint and the Aesthetics of Inexpression
  • Apr 21, 2025
  • The Opera Quarterly
  • Dan Wang

  • Open Access Icon
  • Research Article
  • 10.1093/oq/kbaf009
Graphanalysis, Technological Reproduction, and the Acoustical Unconscious: Reflections on an Error in Beckett’s <i>Krapp’s Last Tape</i>
  • Apr 21, 2025
  • The Opera Quarterly
  • Emilio Sala

Abstract This article re-examines a mechanical error found in the first printed editions and in some performances of Samuel Beckett’s Krapp's Last Tape, where four words ("in the late autumn") disappear when the protagonist, Krapp, re-listens to a recording of his own voice. The analysis draws on Roland Barthes’s notion of "graphanalysis," which interprets typographical mistakes as manifestations of the unconscious, and extends this framework to the aural and performative dimensions of the play. Incorporating Wolfgang Ernst’s theory of technological trauma caused by the reproducibility of the voice, the article argues that the error is not a mere typo, but a symptom of a deeper rupture between Krapp’s past and present selves. By examining the text, stage recordings—particularly Patrick Magee's 1972 performance—and the sound score, the study reveals an “acoustical unconscious” that emerges through recording technology, dissociating the voice from the subject and producing a state of “schizophonia.” The article concludes that the error functions as an overdetermined symptom, whose interpretation resists closure and opens up a multiplicity of overlapping meanings.

  • Research Article
  • 10.1093/oq/kbae023
Breathe in the World (the problems with you, me, we, they, hear and see)
  • Dec 5, 2024
  • The Opera Quarterly
  • Jeanine Oleson

  • Research Article
  • 10.1093/oq/kbae022
The CHEAP Collective’s <i>Magic Flute</i>: An Opera in Six Steps
  • Dec 5, 2024
  • The Opera Quarterly
  • Roger Mathew Grant

  • Research Article
  • 10.1093/oq/kbae021
Jennifer Walshe on Opera, Music Theater, and Collaboration: Interview by Elaine Fitz Gibbon
  • Dec 5, 2024
  • The Opera Quarterly
  • Elaine Fitz Gibbon

  • Research Article
  • 10.1093/oq/kbae018
<i>low intensity conflicts</i>—<i>a mini-opera for non-musicians</i>
  • Dec 5, 2024
  • The Opera Quarterly
  • Franck Leibovici

  • Research Article
  • 10.1093/oq/kbae017
“Whether it has a certain musical form, maybe no one cares, except for some people”: George E. Lewis, Sean Griffin, and Catherine Sullivan talk with Alexander K. Rothe about <i>Afterword, an opera</i>
  • Nov 29, 2024
  • The Opera Quarterly
  • George E Lewis + 3 more