The Opera that Never was: Dylan Thomas and Igor Stravinsky’s Projected Collaboration.
In 1953 there was a projected collaboration between Dylan Thomas and Igor Stravinsky: an opera whose libretto was to be written by the poet and set to music by the composer. Unfortunately, due to Thomas’s death that same year, this plan never materialised. The aim of this article is to offer a detai...
| Publicado en: | Atlantis (0210-6124) Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 89 - 114 |
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Departament de Llengues i Literatures Modernes i d'Estudis Anglesos
Jun2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=178198678&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 178198678 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 02106124 VSM jtl: Atlantis (0210-6124) issn: 02106124 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2024 vid: 46 iid: 1 pid: 19799 pub: Departament de Llengues i Literatures Modernes i d'Estudis Anglesos artinfo: ui: 178198678 10.28914/Atlantis-2024-46.1.06 ppf: 89 ppct: 25 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 2.5MB tig: atl: The Opera that Never was: Dylan Thomas and Igor Stravinsky’s Projected Collaboration. aug: au: Bennett-Ortega, Lucía Falces-Sierra, Marta affil: Universidad de Granada. su: Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953 Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 Opera Musical meter & rhythm Poets sug: subj: Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953 Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 Opera Musical meter & rhythm Poets keyword: Correspondence Language WWII Correspondencia Dylan Thomas Igor Stravinsky Lenguaje Libretto Segunda Guerra Mundial ab: In 1953 there was a projected collaboration between Dylan Thomas and Igor Stravinsky: an opera whose libretto was to be written by the poet and set to music by the composer. Unfortunately, due to Thomas’s death that same year, this plan never materialised. The aim of this article is to offer a detailed exploration of the context within which this project originated and what it entailed for the poet, especially in relation to the direction where Thomas’s work was taking him before his death. The opera with Stravinsky could have been the culmination of the poet’s work inasmuch as it brought together his love of sound, rhythm and music, the horror of the war, his fascination with language and the near-extinction of human life. Moreover, the artists were able to exchange a series of letters before Thomas’s death. The second contribution of our article is the publication of Stravinsky’s letters to Thomas, which have not been previously published. Whilst the narrative of their encounters and relationship has been shaped in certain ways by different writers, a close examination of the primary source materials—the accounts of friends, the content of the letters and the circumstances in which they were written—help shed light on this highly promising, but uncompleted, project. En 1953 Dylan Thomas e Igor Stravinsky comenzaron a dar forma a una idea que aspiraba a convertirse en una ópera con música del compositor y libreto del poeta. Por desgracia, y debido a la muerte de Thomas ese mismo año, esta nunca se concluyó. El objetivo de este artículo es ofrecer un examen detallado del contexto en el que se originó este proyecto y cómo influyó en Dylan Thomas, especialmente con relación a su poesía en esos años. La ópera con Stravinsky podría haber supuesto la culminación de la obra del poeta en tanto que pretendía aunar su amor por el sonido, el ritmo y la música, el horror de la guerra y su fascinación por el lenguaje y la extinción de la vida humana. Una segunda contribución de nuestro artículo es la publicación de las cartas inéditas que Stravinsky escribiera a Thomas poco antes de que este falleciera. Si bien la crítica ha dedicado algún espacio a las particularidades de la relación entre ambos autores, lo cierto es que el estudio del tema de la ópera y de la correspondencia entre Thomas y Stravinsky, así como de las circunstancias en las que se produjo esta colaboración, ayudan claramente a entender mejor lo que supuso para ambos artistas este prometedor proyecto que finalmente no pudo ver la luz. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Atlantis (0210-6124) is the property of Departament de Llengues i Literatures Modernes i d'Estudis Anglesos and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Atlantis (0210-6124) holder: Departament de Llengues i Literatures Modernes i d'Estudis Anglesos dt: @attributes: year: 2024 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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