Concert performance

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A concert performance is the performance of a musical theater work "in the form of a concert ", i. H. without stage design and without costumes , mostly without scenic interaction between the singers.

Concert performances take place on the one hand in concert halls without a theater stage , but are also shown in opera houses if the resources for a scenic production are insufficient, especially if a work requires a particularly elaborate staging . Even if the scenic effect of a repertoire rarity is considered to be minor, but the music is considered worth performing, opera houses resort to concert performances. In the case of performances in opera houses, the orchestra does not usually play in the orchestra pit , but is placed on the stage. The choir stands behind it, the soloists in front. Often the choir and soloists sing from sheet music.

Since 1960 operas have been performed regularly at the Salzburg Festival , in addition to the scenic productions, and since the 1980s mostly two works per season. In the Theater an der Wien since 2006 provide concert performances represent a significant portion of the board, in particular rare scenic converted baroque operas are presented there.

copyright

In German and Austrian copyright law , non-stage performances are part of the so-called “minor right”. In contrast to stage performances, for which the performing rights are individually exercised by the author according to the “major law”, the rights according to the “minor law” are exercised by collecting societies such as GEMA .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Jürgen Hotz (Red.): Brockhaus music: composers, interpreters, technical terms. 3. Edition. FA Brockhaus, Mannheim et al. 2006, ISBN 3-7653-0393-3 , p. 349.
  2. GEMA - FAQ 17: What is meant by "great law" and "minor law"? ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gema.de
  3. ^ Jürgen Ensthaler: Commercial legal protection and copyright. 3. Edition. Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-89996-9 , p. 52 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).