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The Crafty Art of Opera: For those who make it, love it or hate it
Michael Hampe
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Description for The Crafty Art of Opera: For those who make it, love it or hate it
Hardback. Insights into an opera stage director's work from an internationally acclaimed director and teacher. Num Pages: 197 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ANF; AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
Opera is nowadays performed worldwide. But as an art form it is little understood by performers and audiences alike. The Crafty Art of Opera wants to change that. Here, Michael Hampe brings glimpses of the director's work to a wider audience, uncovering the many techniques and rules that should inform an opera's staging: the need for singers to know their orchestra, the importance of space around singers, the gestures of languages, what we all can learn from Mozart, and the primacy of sense over effect, to name but a few. He shows how stories, through music, become tangible and real. ... Read more
Opera is nowadays performed worldwide. But as an art form it is little understood by performers and audiences alike. The Crafty Art of Opera wants to change that. Here, Michael Hampe brings glimpses of the director's work to a wider audience, uncovering the many techniques and rules that should inform an opera's staging: the need for singers to know their orchestra, the importance of space around singers, the gestures of languages, what we all can learn from Mozart, and the primacy of sense over effect, to name but a few. He shows how stories, through music, become tangible and real. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
559g
Number of Pages
197
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783270972
SKU
V9781783270972
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Reviews for The Crafty Art of Opera: For those who make it, love it or hate it
I can't imagine a better way to introduce budding singers to the dramatic part of music drama. Stephen Brown, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT