The aesthetics of polyphonous gesture
Master of inertia and formal abstraction : Robert Wilson as director in the opera.
Richard Wagner's conception of the integrated work of art begins with a criticism of the imbalanced distribution of power within the opera of his time: the dominance of the singer over the composer, of the aria over the orchestra, of the music over drama, and of melodramatic declamation over more meaningful acting…
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