Theatre as problem: modern drama and its influence in Ligeti, Pousseur and Berio

My contribution aims at exploring the interest showed by avant-garde composers such as Ligeti, Pousseur and Berio for the most innovative notions of theatre and dramatic theories. Driven by sometimes diametrically opposed motivations, these three composers have turned to spoken theatre in an attempt to rethink the approach to the problem of dramaturgy and stage space. Therefore, this article will track the influence these ideas had in defining the new musical dramaturgies in the second half of the twentieth century