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Astarto versus Atalanta. Heinrich Rademin, "Director Comicus" (1674-1731), within the context of the Italian-German theatre dramaturgy in the early 18th century
Bohadlová, Kateřina ; Pelán, Jiří (advisor) ; Scherl, Adolf (referee) ; Flemrová, Alice (referee)
The dissertation discusses the Venetian opera libretti, the German spoken court-theatre and the popular itinerant theatre in the early 18th century. It summarizes all known facts including the new discoveries in the field of the Venetian libretto-science, its influence on the opera and especially on the drama theatre in the Habsburg Monarchy. The example of two prestigious poets - Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati - documents the birth of a professional librettist in the mature baroque era and his successful career at the Imperial court in Vienna. The libretto Astarto (1708) they wrote together represents the classical opera seria. While the opera experiences a boom in the aristocratic society in the German speaking countries with the centre in Vienna, the popular itinerant theatre is characterized by the German Hauptaktion, which is being transformed into the comic burlesque. The link between both theatre worlds was created by Heinrich Rademin (1674-1731), the versatile theatre personality. As a chief of the theatre group Hochdeutsche Komödianten he toured all over the Central Europe, founded the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna together with J. A. Stranitzky and became its member. He cooperated with another company head, A. J. Geißler, and received the exclusive license to perform in Prague and...
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