Opera Coaching

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-415-97600-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 438 g

"Opera Coaching "is the first practical guide for pianists, singers, and opera producers to this important--and often neglected--career. The opera coach is a teacher who helps singers not only meet the physical and vocal demands of a score, but--like the dramatic coach--shapes their entire performance. The opera coach must have a wide knowledge, from a full understanding of human physiognomy and the human voice, to the many languages used in Western vocal music, to the entire expanse of the opera repertoire, from its roots in 17th century sung drama through today's most modern compositions. "Opera Coaching "covers all of these topics and more, making it the ideal resource for anyone interested in this fascinating career.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Montgomery, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Opernmusik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements and dedication 3
Preface 4
Part One: Techniques
Chapter One: Knowing the Score 10
Chapter Two: Recitatives - Practical methods for teaching them 33
Interlude One: Decorum 44
Chapter Three: Planning Coaching Sessions, Playing Staging
Rehearsals and Following a Conductor 47
Chapter Four: The Stage Director's Perspective 57
(This Chapter was written by Dr. Victoria Vaughan for this volume and
covers the work of the coach and of others from a different perspective.)
Chapter Five: The Art of Auditioning 70
Interlude Two: Dealing with the Diva/Divo 90
Part two: Considerations
Interlude Three: Comparing Composer Styles 95
Chapter Six: Baroque Operas and Mozart 98
Interlude Four: Straight tones 117
Chapter Seven: The Bel Canto Movement 121
Interlude Five: "Park and Bark" 131
Chapter Eight: Verdi 133
Interlude Six: TheVanishing of Large Voices 147
Chapter Nine: French Opera 151
Chapter Ten: Mussorgsky and the Russians 161
Chapter Eleven: Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss 166
Chapter Twelve: Puccini and the Verismo School 180
Chapter Thirteen: Operettas 185
Chapter Fourteen: Benjamin Britten and Other Modern Composers 190
Interlude Seven: Opera in Translation 201
Chapter Fifteen: Conclusions 205
Appendices 207
Bibliography 235

Über Autor(innen)

Alan Montgomery is the Assistant Director of the Oberlin Opera Theater, and has been a member of the vocal faculty of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music since 1980. He has served as an Opera Coach at the Hamburg (Germany) State Theater, the Whitewater Opera, and other companies, as well as at vocal institutes at the University of Indianapolis and other U.S. colleges. He has authored two operettas and translated many opera texts for performance.