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segunda-feira, 1 de setembro de 2014
sexta-feira, 6 de setembro de 2013
segunda-feira, 7 de janeiro de 2013
Elsa Von Brabant, figura impressionante de Lohengrin
Eis um belo artigo sobre a figura de Elsa Von Brabant, da ópera Lohengrin.
Elsa’s Reason
On Beliefs and Motives in Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin
ILIAS CHRISSOCHOIDIS and STEFFEN HUCK
(University College London / ELSE) «Once Wagner’s most popular opera, Lohengrin has suffered scholarly neglect in the postwar
period. This essay reengages with the work from the novel perspective of game theory
analysis. Centering on Elsa’s breach of the Frageverbot, it offers a rigorous epistemological
study of the opera’s main characters. Against traditional interpretations of the heroine’s fatal
decision, we propose a complex and psychologically more satisfactory account. Elsa asks the
forbidden question because she needs to confirm Lohengrin’s belief in her innocence, a belief
that Ortrud successfully eroded in Act II. This novel interpretation reveals Elsa as a rational
individual, upgrades the dramatic significance of the Act I combat scene, and signals a
hermeneutic return to the heart of opera criticism, the drama itself....» Continuem a leitura em: http://else.econ.ucl.ac.uk/papers/uploaded/375.pdf
Elsa’s Reason
On Beliefs and Motives in Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin
ILIAS CHRISSOCHOIDIS and STEFFEN HUCK
(University College London / ELSE) «Once Wagner’s most popular opera, Lohengrin has suffered scholarly neglect in the postwar
period. This essay reengages with the work from the novel perspective of game theory
analysis. Centering on Elsa’s breach of the Frageverbot, it offers a rigorous epistemological
study of the opera’s main characters. Against traditional interpretations of the heroine’s fatal
decision, we propose a complex and psychologically more satisfactory account. Elsa asks the
forbidden question because she needs to confirm Lohengrin’s belief in her innocence, a belief
that Ortrud successfully eroded in Act II. This novel interpretation reveals Elsa as a rational
individual, upgrades the dramatic significance of the Act I combat scene, and signals a
hermeneutic return to the heart of opera criticism, the drama itself....» Continuem a leitura em: http://else.econ.ucl.ac.uk/papers/uploaded/375.pdf
terça-feira, 1 de janeiro de 2013
sábado, 3 de março de 2012
Ilustrações de Wagner: Ferdinand Leeke
Ferdinand Leeke (1859-1923) - Elsa Von Brabant e Lohengrin e Elsa von Brabant, Lohengrin
F. Leeke nasceu em Burg, perto de Magdeburg, em 1859. Estudou na Academia de Munique com Johann Herterich (1843-1905), considerado um notável pintor histórico e de género. Cerca de 1889 Leeke foi contratado por Siegfried Wagner, de filho de Richard Wagner, para pintar uma série de trabalhos sob temas das óperas de R. Wagner.
sexta-feira, 10 de fevereiro de 2012
Intérpretes wagnerianos
Cena final II Acto the Metropolitan Opera, James
LevineEva Marton (Elsa),Leonie Rysanek (Ortrud),Peter Hofmann
(Lohengrin),Leif roar (Friedrich). Que casting!!!
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