The woman and the Nature in Terra baixa by Àngel Guimerà, in the opera Tiefland by Eugen d'Albert and Rudolph Lothar and in the film Tiefland by Leni Riefenstahl

Abstract

This article studies the transposition of the Catalan rural play Terra baixa (Martha of the Lowlands) by Àngel Guimerà into the German Verismo oper and the film of the same name. Besides the typical peculiarities of each medium, it will be analized woman’s and nature’s (animals, mountains, water, tempest) role too. Together with the respective adaptations, it will be taken into consideration the view of the society before these subjects since the première of the drama in 1897 til of the film in 1954.

Keywords

• Àngel Guimerà
• Rodolph Lothar
• Eugen d'Albert
• Terra baixa
• Tiefland
• teatro
• cine
• ópera
• mujer
• naturaleza
• animales