The Opera Singer's Acting Toolkit
An Essential Guide to Creating A Role
- Textbook
The Opera Singer's Acting Toolkit
An Essential Guide to Creating A Role
- Textbook
Description
The complete dramatic toolbox for the opera singer – a step-by-step guide detailing how to create character, from auditions through to rehearsal and performance and formulate a successful career.
Drawing upon the innovative approach to the training of young opera singers developed by Martin Constantine, Co-Director of ENO Opera Works, The Opera Singer's Acting Toolkit leads the singer through the process of bringing the libretto and score to life in order to create character. It draws on the work of practitioners such as Stanislavski, Lecoq, Laban and Cicely Berry to introduce the singer to the tools needed to create an interior and physical life for character. The book draws on operatic repertoire from Handel through Mozart to Britten to present practical techniques and exercises to help the singer develop their own individual dramatic toolbox.
The Opera Singer's Acting Toolkit features interviews with leading conductors, directors, singers and casting agents to offer invaluable insights into the professional operatic world, and advice on how to remain focused on the importance of the work itself.
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART ONE: THE TOOLS
1 The Foundations
The Body: Releasing Tension
The Mind: Awareness + Focus
The Imagination
Play and Spontaneity
2 A Note About Emotion
3 Creating Character
4 Text and Music
Organising Information: Given Circumstances
Organising Information: Other Approaches
Organising Information: Music
Objectives
Actions
Obstacles
Points of Concentration
Events
Further Text Tools
Text and Music: Conclusion
5 The Body and Movement
Laban
Lecoq
Character Types and Commedia dell'Arte
The Clown
Devising
6 Words and Music in Action
PART TWO: IN PRACTICE
1 Preparing for Rehearsals
2 Rehearsals
3 Rehearsals in Depth
4 Performance
5 Auditions
PART THREE: INTERVIEWS
1 Repertoire
Interviews with Conductors
2 Approaches to Rehearsal
Interviews with Directors
3 Singers' Case Studies
List of exercises
Further reading
Index
Product details
| Published | 31 Oct 2019 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 320 |
| ISBN | 9781350006478 |
| Imprint | Methuen Drama |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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