An Interpretive Guide to Operatic Arias: A Handbook for Singers, Coaches, Teachers, and Students
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (797 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0271023546 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A premier singer and master teacher here tells other singers how to get the most from 151 famous arias selected for their popularity or greatness from 66 operas, ranging in time and style from Christopher Gluck to Carlisle Floyd, from Mozart to Menotti. The guide should be of value to professional singers as a source of reference or renewed inspiration and as a memory refresher; to coaches for checking and broadcasting personal impressions; to young singers and students for learning; to teachers who have enjoyed less than half a century of experience; and to opera broadcast listeners and telecast viewers who want to understand what goes into the sounds and sights that delight them.. The major operatic traditions - French, German, Italian, Russian and American - are represented, as are the major voice types - soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass-baritone and bass. For each aria, the author gives the dramatic and musical context, advice about interpretation and the lyric - with the original language (if it is not English) and an idiomatic American English translation, in parallel columns
Language Notes Text: English, French, German, Italian
THE most useful book I've purchased on the art of singing!! A Customer Singher gets right to the heart of operatic interpretation! His no-bones-about-it guide leads the singer through aria after aria like a personal coach and includes literal (more or less) translations of the lyrics -- most helpful indeed! Each aria includes background information about the scene and the opera that it comes from, followed by an almost line-by-line instruction that is absolutely right on the money! Each singer should always be encouraged to bring his or her own inspiration and interpretation of the music; Singher's book offers a wonderful and insightful "standard" guide for the performer witho. Worth it! Singher has provided an excellent reference for students and teachers alike. While I'm not a proponent of cookie cutter interpretations, this book provides an excellent starting point for interpretive musicianship. A must have for any serious vocalist.
. He has performed with the Paris, Metropolitan, Chicago, and San Francisco Opera Companies and the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. Martial Singher, most recently director of the voice and opera department at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, also has served on the faculties of the Curtis I