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THE LIFE PATH and OPERA WORK OF E. W. KORNGOLD
Skala, Luboš ; JANÁL, Roman (advisor) ; DOLEŽAL, Vladimír (referee)
In this Master´s thesis I will be writing about one of the most successful composers of the first half of the 20th century- Erich Wolfgang Korngold. He was born in Brno (29.5. 1897) and died in Los Angeles (29.11. 1957). On one side this thesis discusses the life path and creative career of E. W. Korngold, on the other side his five operas, which are considered to be a mainstay of his lifelong work. By these I mean one-act operas Der Ring des Polykrates and Violanta, then the most famous opera Die tote Stadt, after that a monumental piece Das Wunder der Heliane and the last forgotten composition Die Kathrin. Furthemore I couldn?t leave out Korgold?s first work on stage- pantomimic ballet Der Schneemann.
In this thesis I observe these pieces of work from several view-points ? historical, musically- dramatic form and dramatic content.
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Count Almaviva in Mozart´s Opera The Marriage of Figaro
Brückler, Jiří ; JANÁL, Roman (advisor) ; MÁROVÁ, Libuše (referee)
In my thesis I will focus on the role of Count Almaviva from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opera The Marriage of Figaro. I will try to challenge innacurate and confusing information, which are ocasionally published in popular literature and I will especially focus on the development of the character of Count Almaviva. Further in my thesis I will mention one of the first interprets of the role Dmitry Hvostovsky and other major international and local opera singers performing the Count Almaviva character. I will also list the most interesting recordings of the opera. In coclusion of my thesis I will concentrate on my personal experience with the stage interpretation of Count Almaviva in four different production of The Marriage of Figaro.
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The art song of Robert Schumann with focus on the song cycle Dichterliebe
Kux, Martin ; Janál, Roman (advisor) ; Kaupová, Helena (referee)
In my bachelor thesis I am analyzing the music cycle of Robert Schumann "The Poetś Love" . Theresearch deals with the cycle from the music, lyric and comparative interpretation point of view. The thesis discovers private and work life of the composer. Schumann´s work focuses mainly on piano composition, which is also mentioned in the thesis, and song composition, themost fruitful period of which began in 1840. The thesis also encompasses the treatise abour Heinrich Heine, on who´s lyrics the cycle was composed. I also talk briefly about the cooperation between two artists. Schumann´s everlasting ispiration was his wife Clara Schumann. Besides the deep love to Clara, the clear expresson and related timeliness, which we can constantly discover, reflected in his artistic message. In the thesis we are mentioning original names in German for particular songs, translations in Czech, made by various authors. In interpretation comparison based on the recording we see mainly the benefit from the point of different views and dramatically grasp of the cycle, which is, to my mind, very important for the singers.
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