BATAK OPERA TRACKS OF MOTHER’S LOVE : REINTERPRETATION OF THE LEGEND OF THE CITY OF TANJUNG BALAI SI MARDAN

ABSTRACT : The creation of the Batak Opera Traces of Mother’s Love is an effort to transfer the vehicle for the legendary Tanjung Balai folklore: Si Mardan. The formal object of this creation is the theory of vehicle transfer and dramatic vision as the basis for analysis. This creation process uses the staging concept of Batak Opera combined with modern theater conventions, namely Stanislavski’s acting theory and Bertolt Brecht’s multiple sets. The creation methods used include: producing a dramatic vision, script writing, acting training, creating a spectacle and creating a unified performance. The achievement of this creation process is a Batak Opera performance which offers the characters Mardan and Mamak from a different perspective from the legend of Si Mardan.

KEYWORDS: Si Mardan, Changing Forms, Batak Opera, Modern Theater