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The crafty art of opera : for those who make it, love it or hate it /

Opera has become big business as well as an art form, attracting young and old, true connoisseurs, enthusiasts and celebrities. And while opera singers and superstars sometimes attract a separate following, the stage director's job is often the one that really counts, yet it is a type of specia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hampe, Michael, 1935-2022 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Walton, Chris, 1963- (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, [2016]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What is opera?
  • The heart
  • The seven 'W's
  • Sense and sensuality
  • Bodies in space
  • Movement
  • Le physique du rôle
  • Discomfort and inconvenience
  • Bank robbers
  • Pretend theatre
  • The 'trizophrenic' upbeat
  • The complete music-actor
  • Mozart
  • Recitative
  • Being comic
  • 'Too many notes & '
  • Dramaturgy
  • Breaking the rules
  • The harmony of the spheres
  • In place of an epilogue : My teachers
  • Appendix 1. All the 'useful rules' in overview, for those who make opera
  • Appendix 2. A masterclass in opera, for those who love it or hate it.