Performing Opera A Practical Guide for Singers and Directors

• Main Author: Ewans, Michael 1946- (Author)
• Format: Musical Score Book
• Language: English
• Published: LONDON Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2016
• Subjects: Acting in opera; Opera > Production and direction; DRAMA > General
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In Performing Opera: A Practical Guide for Singers and Directors Michael Ewans provides a detailed and practical workbook to performing many of the most commonly produced operas. Drawing on examples from twenty-four operas ranging in period from Gluck and Mozart to Britten and Tippett, it illustrate...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• pt. one: Forms. 2. Arias and monologues ; 3. Duets ; 4. Confrontations 5. Ensembles
• pt. two: Encounters. 6. Noises off ; 7. Interactions with the numinous
• pt. three: Shaping the opera. 8. Characterization ; 9. The sense of inevitability
• 10. Conclusion.