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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hampe, Michael, 1935-2022 (Author)
Other Authors: Walton, Chris, 1963- (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Opera.
Opera > Production and direction.
Opéra > Production et mise en scène.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Opera.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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