Una nueva ópera

Abstract

ResumenSi algo ha marcado al género operístico desde sus inicios ha sido el público que ha asistido a los espectáculos que se representaban en sus teatros. En el siglo XX, con la aparición del cine, la ópera sufre una crisis de audiencia, el público tiene un espectáculo masivo al que asistir, más económico y más cercano al consumo cultural dominante. La ópera pasa a convertirse en un espacio para una élite capaz de pagar los altos precios de los abonos. En la actualidad diversas decisiones tomadas por teatros de ópera están provocando que el interés por el género crezca en una sociedad posmoderna en la que la tecnología parece haber agotado los límites espaciales y temporales. Óperas con libretos basados en películas o en personajes de la contemporaneidad, que exhiben prodigios técnicos visuales y sonoros, realizados éstos por grandes figuras del arte y del diseño. Un concepto de la ópera que vuelve a ser un espectáculo que abarca todas las disciplinas, y que ha asumido la evolución que la tecnología ha aportado a éstas con total naturalidad.Palabras clave: ópera, cine, élite, industria, narración, tecnología. AbstractIf there's something that have left a mark in the opera genre from the beginning is the audience that have gone to its stage shows. In the 20th century, with the rising of cinema, opera came to a crisis, the audience had another mass show to assist, cheaper and closer to the way of cultural consumption on that times. Opera became a place for elites capable, those who can high prizes of the season tickets. Nowadays, some decisions taken from Opera Halls all over the world, are increasing interest in the genre in a postmodern society where technology seems to have dried up its limitations in space and in time. Operas with librettos based on films or in contemporary characters, operas that show technical wonders in sound and image made by great names in art and design. An idea of opera that reminds to those times, when it was a show that implied all the artistic disciplines and assumed the evolution of technology in a natural way.

Democratizing Taste on Classical Music for All

“…On the one hand, it is known that in Mozart's time the audience of his concerts was very diverse, and that a high percentage of that audience was formed by the people of the village, people from a humble origin (de Rus, 2008). Moreover, during the 19th century, opera mobilized European citizens to fight for their rights (Sánchez Sanz, 2016), which implied that classical music reached and had an impact on a very diverse audience. As an example, Verdi's operas had a crucial role in the unification of Italy (Martin, 2005), and, in his death in 1901, 300,000 people gathered in Milan to farewell him by singing one of his most popular compositions: Va, pensiero (in addition, Verdi himself came from a humble origin).…”