Cinematic Visions of Opera in the Tropics
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Opera, Music, Cinema, Marcel Camus, Werner HerzogAbstract
In the European vision of Brazil and the Americas, there is a constant opposition between nature, usually seen as hostile, and civilization. After the arrival of the Portuguese court in Rio de Janeiro, there are two general tendencies regarding the transformations in the country: there is either the necessity to “force” civilization in the new capital of the Portuguese empire, through different projects, or the will to adapt European culture. Although interrelated, sometimes they are understood as opposed processes. The purpose of this paper is to discuss, through two films, Orphée Noir by Marcel Camus, and Fitzcarraldo, by Werner Herzog, how some conceptions of cultural transference in general, and of opera in particular, operate in the studies of the arts in Brazil.
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