Voss, du roman de Patrick White au livret de David Malouf : simple adaptation ou transformation de l’imaginaire national ? by Anne Le Guellec-Minel

“…When a couple of years before Australia’s Bicentenary celebrations, David Malouf accepted the commission from Opera Australia, the Sydney Opera company, to adapt Patrick White’s novel Voss for the operatic stage, he was certainly aware that this meant participating in the Establishment’s efforts to promote a culturally exalted Australian identity on the European model. …”
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