THE CURSE OF POWER, REVENGE OBSESSION AND THE INSCRUTABLE VERDICTS OF THE PARCAE: 'PHILAENIS' ('FILENIS'), AN OPERA BY ROMAN STATKOWSKI

• Authors: Zieziula G.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

'Philaenis' (1897), an opera by Roman Statkowski (1859-1925), written to the libretto by Hermann Erler (1844-1918), is an interesting research subject from the perspective of the history of Polish opera, as a work which stands half-way between the legacy of Wladyslaw Zelenski (1837-1921) and the musical theatre of Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937). The article describes the difficulties encountered by the composer as he tried to get the work staged (among them the vicissitudes of the London competition of 1903); it also discusses the characteristics of the libretto and the music of 'Philaenis'. The libretto, in spite of its antique 'mask', contains typically modernist features, and the music, while somewhat academic in style, also contains progressive elements which give one a foretaste of musical theatre of the first decades of the twentieth century.

Keywords

EN

MUSICAL THEATRE; STATKOWSKI ROMAN - PHILAENIS OPERA; SZYMANOWSKI KAROL; ZELENSKI WLADYSLAW

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Muzyka
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 50
• Issue: 3(198)
• Pages: 89-118
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Zieziula G.

• G. Zieziula, Instytut Sztuki PAN, Zaklad Historii Muzyki, ul. Dluga 26/28, 00-238 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA01052420