RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Theresa, Rose
T1 From Méphistophélès to Méliès. Spectacle and Narrative in Opera and Early Film
JF Iluminace
YR 2013
VO 25
IS 1
SP 25
OP 37
UL https://iluminace.cz/en/artkey/ilu-201301-0003.php
AB The study demonstrates the connection between opera and early silent film, in which opera loses its audial component and lends its spectacularity and narrative procedures to film. The author focuses on the "cinematic" character of Gounod's opera Faust and Marguerite, which, according to the author, offers a specific combination of spectacle and narrative characteristic of the film medium.