THE ADDITION OF OTAKAR HOSTINSKY TO THEORY OF DRAMATURGY IN OPERA (Prinos Otakara Hostinskeho k teorii opernej dramaturgie)

In context with opera phenomenon, the basic of Hostinsky´s question is not the problem of its type and genre, but phenomenon itself and assumes of its creation, which are given by possibilities of connecting the individual arts. We can research the phenomenon of opera dramaturgy and its theoretical reflection in Otakar Hostinsky´s work either on the basis of his theoretical works or from his popular-science texts and opera critics. The specific view on dramaturgy practice in opera is presented by Hostinsky´s librettos. We have to take in the term dramaturgy not only as creative and conceptual work, which is connected with preparation of staging, but also in original Greek meaning of this term. Otakar Hostinsky stays at the beginning of the line, which tracks we could follow up to Patrice Pavis, who defined the main task of dramaturgy. Hostinsky understands dramaturgy and opera staging practice as a coupled bowls. To reflect the first one without reference to the second is methodically incorrect and misleading. Hostinsky anticipates trend, which doesn´t consider the subject of dramaturgy analysis the set-up of work and its parts, but at the same time it determines, that the main task of analysis will be the interpretation of work sense.