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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Event Identifier
| 72716 |
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