This dissertation aims to explore and analyse how opera is connected with multimedia devices, with a focus on the connection between opera and television. It presents a chronological overview of the 20th century and focuses on specific milestones in the connection between opera and television. It also mentions the creation of a new genre that emerged due to the cooperation of opera and television.
The first part of the dissertation focuses on the development of technology in connection to the opera. Special emphasis is placed upon the importance and role of opera in the development of devices such as the radio and television, as well as how it was perceived by the most important innovators of that time.
The second part is dedicated to the time after the Second World War. These years saw the largest increase in the interest in opera films, which is why a new genre was developed, called the television opera. A large part is dedicated to the issues that accompanied the relation between opera and television from its very beginning. Finally, it also mentions the present-day state of television operas throughout the world. It also mentions the publisher Arthaus Musik, and analyses the accessibility of operas through it.
The last part of the dissertation focuses on Slovenia and the creation of television operas and opera films.
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