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The book discusses Miloš Wasserbauer’s theoretical work on opera theatre in the context of the approaches of his predecessors and contemporaries.The author also focuses on selected performances, which are regarded as style-forming in Wasserbauer’s career and history of Brno operatic practice: The Young Guard (Brno, 1951), Family of Taras (Brno, 1952), Juro Jánošík (Bratislava, 1954), Jenůfa (Bratislava, 1955; Brno, 1961), Don Carlos (Bratislava, 1956), Beg Bajazid (Bratislava, 1957), Dalibor (Bratislava, 1957; Brno, 1961), From the House of the Dead (Brno, 1958), Svätopluk (Bratislava, 1960), The Makropulos Affair (Brno, 1962), The Force of Destiny (Lipsko, 1963), Katerina Izmajlova (Brno, Milán, 1964), The Cunning Little Vixen (Brno, 1965), Julius Caesar (Brno, 1966), Otello (Brno, 1967), The Excursions of Mr. Brouček (Brno, 1967) and some other. The book also discusses the reception of those operas in the press of that era, focusing on how the epoque influenced the expectations and assessment of the artist.
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