Naslov
Status of Croatian Patriotic Operas in Socialist Yugoslavia (1945-1991)

Autori
Babić, Petra

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Musical and Cultural Osmosis in the Balkans

Mjesto i datum
Bukurešt, Rumunjska, 02.09.2019. - 06.09.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Patriotic operas, culture and politics

Sažetak
The paper deals with the attitude of the socialist government towards patriotic operas in the period of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (1945-1991) and how that attitude changed during its course. In this, Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb serves as a case study, using sources such as newspaper articles and interviews with relevant personalities. In this period three Croatian patriotic operas had been performed – Nikola Šubić Zrinjski (1876) by Ivan Zajc ; Porin (1897) by Vatroslav Lisinski, and Mila Gojsalića (1953) by Jakov Gotovac. These operas functioned as national symbols not only because they thematised important events from Croatian history and because of patriotic declarations in librettos but also because of their musical and literary values. In principle, in socialist Yugoslavia it was forbidden to openly express Croatian national („separatist“) feelings and only in these operas it was possible to do it publicly. Changes in government's attitude towards Croatian patriotic operas over three periods will be shown: 1) 1950's, when official press tried to present Croatian patriotic operas as Yugoslav, treating them as acceptable ; 2) 1960's, when it became clear that the attempt to transfer Croatian to Yugoslav patriotism failed, and when newspaper articles labelled patriotism as a reactionary feeling. Certain spectators were occasionally being arrested and convicted to jail for „expressing separatist feelings by applauding and cheering overly excited“ on Zrinjski. In that period operas under consideration served as strong national identifiers ; 3) 1970's and 1980's, when the focus was transferred from national question to exclusively the artistic component of a performance. It can be stated that Government's attitude towards Croatian patriotic operas changed according to the country's changing political situation, condemning such pieces when national movements within the multi-national state threatened to endanger the unity of the country.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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