Shapinskaya Ekaterina Nikolaevna,

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, 

Director of Education in the sphere of Culture 

of Likhachev Russian Research Institute

 for Cultural and Natural Heritage. 

e-mail: reenash@mail.ru

 

Dobrenkova Olga Parfenovna

Chief Structural Engineer, Aerodinamika LLC 

e-mail: dobrenkova-olga@yandex.ru

  

 

Dialogues on Christmas Night: Tales, Music, and Things… 

 

Abstract: This article written in a dialogue form, gives two views of works of classical culture: Rossini's opera "Cinderella" and Mozart's "The Magic Flute". E.Shapinskaya Ph.D., a culture researcher, tells about the philosophical understanding of these works in various reflexive paradigms, while O.Dobrenkova, a designer, expresses the point of view of a music lover, who perceives the music empathically. Both opera works are remarkable because that they can be perceived as fabulous stories that are understandable for children’s audience, as well as cultural texts which have deep cultural and philosophical meaning, thus representing a model of postmodern coding.

 

Key words: Culture, art, narrative, cultural code, empathy, reflexion, cultural capital. 

 

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[4] Graham G. Philosophy of the Arts. An Introduction to Aesthetics. London-N.Y.: Routledge, 1997. P. 85.

 

[5] See: Shapinskaya E.N. Opera in the Context of Post-Culture: Games with the classics and conflicts of interpretations // Culrure and Art. 2013. N 3(15). 

 

[6] URL: http://www wienerzeitung..at/themen_channel/musik/klassik_oper/518740_ Verfuehrer-Philosoph-Teufel-der-bewegte-Bassbariton.html

 

[7] Erich Seitter "Roles in La Cenerentola" // Wiener Staatsoper – Season 2012/2013 – Director Dominique Meyer, Gioachino Rossini, La Cenerentola. Programme concept and general editor: Andreas Lang, Oliver Lang.

 

[8] Ludwig Ch. "We had so much fun" // Wiener Staatsoper – Season 2012/2013 – Director Dominique Meyer, Gioachino Rossini, La Cenerentola. Programme concept and general editor: Andreas Lang, Oliver Lang.

 

[9] URL: http://www.simonkeenlyside.info/index.php/performances/performances-opera/zauberflote-mozart-papageno/2008-london-roh-zauberflote/

 

[10] Kierkegaard S. The Immediate Erotic Stages // Kierkegaard S. Either/Or: A Fragment of Life, 2 volumes. St. Petersburg: Russian Christian Academy for Humanities Press, 2011. P. 97

 

[11] Ibid. 

 

[12] Ibid. 

 

[13] Ibid. 

 

[14] Ibid. 

 

[15] Brionne M. Everyday Life in Vienna at the Time of Mozart and Schubert. Moscow: Molodaya Gvardia, 2009. P. 126. 

 

[16] URL: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/die-zauberflote-royal-opera-house-london-607046.html/

 

[17] Rupert Christiansen for The Telegraph, 27 January 2003

URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2003/01/27/bmrupe27.xml/

 

[18] URL: http://www.simonkeenlyside.info/index.php/interviews-articles/2003-interviews-articles/2003-02-01-an-interview-during-the-run-of-die-zauberfloete-at-the-roh/

 

[19] Tim Ashley, The Guardian, 27  January 27, 2003.

 

[20] Ibid. 

 

[21] Stendhal M.H.B. The Lives of Haydn, Mozart and Metastasio. Life of Rossini. Moscow: Muzyka, 1987. P. 465.