Opera and aesthetic formation A proposal from an artistic education perspective

AbstractThe opera and its staging presents a series of features that go well beyond their use as resources in arts education, developing many possibilities for the aesthetic education of the person. These opportunities exist thanks to understanding the purpose of a work of art as such, as a necessity to the discovery of their truth and beauty. For this personal meeting or encounter to take place, it is crucial that the educator engage the audience as would a guide within the receptive function of the viewer in the staging of the opera. In this sense, a specific methodology is proposed for the analysis of the opera and the manifestation of its theme in the dramatic structure of the same