Embodying Voice: Singing Verdi, Singing Wagner
Margaret Medlyn, "Embodying Voice: Singing Verdi, Singing Wagner"
English | ISBN: 1138585548 | 2018 | 156 pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 1138585548 | 2018 | 156 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Embodying Voice: Singing Verdi, Singing Wagner articulates the process of developing an operatic voice, explaining how and why the training of such a voice is as complex and sophisticated as it is mysterious. This book illustrates how putting together a voice, embodying a sound, and creating a character are vital to an audience’s emotional involvement and enjoyment. Moreover, it addresses an imbalance of power between the opera director and the orchestra conductor – ultimately, it is the communicative power of the singer’s voice that brings life to an opera, a fact well known by Verdi and Wagner.
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