The Music Theater of Walter Felsenstein  8792

  • Prologue

Part I: Felstenstein on the Music Theatre in General

  • The staging of opera
  • Method and attitude
  • Partnership with the audience
  • Basic questions of method in the music theater
  • On the training of stage directors for the music theater
  • The approach to the work

Part II: Felsenstein on Specific Problems

  • Why does Pamina flee?
  • Donna Anna and Don Giovanni
  • On Janáček’s dramatic works
  • The undistorted Carmen
  • Preparation for staging Carmen (by Stephan Stompor)
  • Felsenstein analyzes the tragedy of Carmen

Part III: Interviews with Walter Felsenstein

  • Rolf Liebermann: Conversations during rehearsals
  • André Boll: A contribution to the discussion of the music theater
  • Horst Seeger: Opera in films and on television
  • Vilem Pospisil: The ABC of stage direction
  • Hans-Rainer John: A conversation of the tasks of the music theater

Part IV: Views, Reviews and Reactions

  • Joachim Herz: On the reality of the singing human being
  • Stephan Stompor: Dramaturgy in the music theater
  • Rudolf Heinrich: Set designer for the music theater
  • Siegfried Melchinger: The new Traviata
  • Horst Koegler: The stage director Walter Felsenstein
  • Peter Paul Fuchs: Random notes taken during a Felsenstein seminar
  • H. H. Stuckenschmidt: Felsenstein’s magic realism
  • Epilogue: Quoting Felsenstein

Topics covered by this book

  1. La traviata (drama) • Part IV - Views, Reviews and Reactions: Siegfried Melchinger: The new Traviata
  2. Don Giovanni (drama) • Part II - Felsenstein on Specific Problems: Donna Anna and Don Giovanni
  3. Die Zauberflöte (drama) • Part II: Felsenstein on specific problems: Why does Pamina flee?
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