Stage Metaphor and Directing of Opera: Brno, Second Half of the 20th Century
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | In the field of theatre studies including the area of performance analysis metaphor is still treated as a figurative expression which should above all have an aesthetic function. For several decades the term “theatrical (stage) metaphor” serves as a very commonplace and often used device of the theoretical reflection of an operatic production. The paper focuses on the notion of “theatrical (stage) metaphor” as a crucial principle of staging of an opera. The presentation aims to examine the notion of metaphor from the perspectives of conceptual metaphor theory and more classical definitions of the notion (metaphor) in the field of theatre studies. It will be focused mostly on the staging practice in Brno in the second half of the 20th century, especially on the opera works based on the plays by William Shakespeare, including the masterpieces by Giuseppe Verdi (Macbeth, Otello) directed e.g. by Miloš Wasserbauer, Václav Věžník etc. The paper examines the possibility of the conceptual metaphor theory to serve as an analytical tool in the field of theatre studies rather than the more traditional use and explanation of a metaphor as a poetic device of theatrical performance. |
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