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L'opéra des Dieux

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  • Etienne Broglin

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[fre] Résumé Comment la «secte encyclopédique» a-t-elle pu, aux dépens de Lully et Rameau ainsi rendus prés de deux siècles inaudibles et littéralement inouïs, porter aux nues Gluck ou, pire encore, les pochades de Г opera buffa et Le Devin du village ? Est-ce que, sans doute, il ne s' agit pas d'un jugement de valeur musicale mais d'une mutation radicale de Yesthémé, qui n'est peut-être pas sans rapports avec le combat philosophique? Se cherche alors un spectacle à inventer, le drame lyrique, opéra de l'Homme, de Y expression des passions, du conflit de l'énergie vitale et de la finitude humaine, de Prométhee qui se veut sujet de son histoire ; il ne peut que vouloir la mort de la tragédie lyrique (comme de la pastorale), opéra des Dieux, représentation d'un Ordo Mundi sacral, holiste et hiérarchique. Il est donc temps de prendre au sérieux le contenu de sens de l'opéra à la française et d'essayer de comprendre la relation qu'il devrait permettre de saisir entre Yesthémé et Yépistémé de l'âge classique. [eng] Abstract We may wonder how the « encyclopaedic sect» dared praise to the skies someone like Gluck or, even worse, the humorous pieces of the opera buffa and Le Devin du village, at the expense of Lully and Rameau whose works could Not be heard and were literally unheard for two centuries. Is it not due to the fact that what is undoubtedly at stake is not a judgment on the musical value but rather a dramatic shift of the esthêrnê, which must bear some relation to the philosophic struggle ? What is yet to be invented then is the lyric drama which could be defined as the opera of Man, of the expression of passions, of the conflict of vital power versus human limiteness, of Prometheus as actant. The ultimate aim of it is the death of the lyric tragedy (and the pastorale as well), opera of the Gods, representation of a sacred, holistic, and hierarchic Ordo Mundi. That is why it is time the meaning of the French form of opera was taken seriously. Likewise it is high time one tried to grasp the relation between the esthêmê and the epistêrné of the classic age.

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  • Etienne Broglin, 2003. "L'opéra des Dieux," Histoire, économie & société, Programme National Persée, vol. 22(2), pages 153-175.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:hiseco:hes_0752-5702_2003_num_22_2_2315
    DOI: 10.3406/hes.2003.2315
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