Post-Nerudaism - Some Examples of Cinematic, Operatic and other Musical Adaptations of Neruda's life and oeuvre
Keywords
Pablo Neruda literary/cultural afterlife post-nerudaism cinematic operatic musical adaptations Ardiente Paciencia Il Postino opera Canto General Aparcoa Mikis Theodorakis Oratorio Los Jaivas Macchu Picchu Chile Peru Alturas de Macchu Picchu
Keywords
Pablo Neruda literary/cultural afterlife post-nerudaism cinematic operatic musical adaptations Ardiente Paciencia Il Postino opera Canto General Aparcoa Mikis Theodorakis Oratorio Los Jaivas Macchu Picchu Chile Peru Alturas de Macchu Picchu
Abstract
This essay traces the development of certain cinematic, operatic and other musical works which feature or are derived from aspects of Pablo Neruda's life and historical oeuvre. These newer forms of cultural expression can be regarded as elements of Neruda's literary/cultural afterlife or 'Post-Nerudaism'. These phenomena now act as a kind of refractory mirror through which new generations 'experience' Neruda or may come to approach his works. The works dealt with in this essay include the 'Ardiente Paciencia/Il Postino' genre of cinematic and operatic works, and musical adaptations of sections of Neruda's Canto General variously by Aparcoa, Mikis Theodorakis and Los Jaivas.