 Event |
The Terror of Tosca
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| Venue |
The Performance Space (1983-2007), Redfern, NSW |
| First Date |
16 October 1998 |
| Last Date |
31 October 1998 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
The Terror of Tosca was a radical interrogation of the dramatic and musical structures employed by Puccini in his opera Tosca. The work explores how opera reveals its peculiar function: to seduce by means of aesthetic pleasure and music. Its focus is on the aesthetics of speed - the exhilaration of pressed tempos. And it considers the particularly thorny question of gender representation and its theatrical treatment.
It is a work for a new century - set in 1800, first performed in 1900 (heralding a new twentieth century musical dramaturgy) and, in the hands of The opera Project, suggested da |
| Description Source |
Other |
| Primary Genre |
Other
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| Secondary Genre |
Opera
Performance
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Performance Space Database |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
72716 |
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