The Threepenny Opera: Performativity and the Brechtian Precense Between Music and Theatre

Abstract

The article investigates how the theories of Bertolt Brecht mainly about the reflection an audiences is supposed undertake during a performance, coincides with the actual situation of experience, using a historical analysis of the opening night of the Threepenny Opera as the case.
Translated title of the contributionSkillingsoperaen: Performativitet i Brechts tilstedeværelse mellem musik og teater
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Legacy of Opera : Reading music theatre as experience and performance
EditorsPamela Karantonis
Number of pages24
Volume7
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
PublisherBrill | Rodopi
Publication date2013
Chapter8
ISBN (Print)9789042036918
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Faculty of Humanities

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