An interpretive guide to operatic arias : a handbook for singers, coaches, teachers, and students / Martial Singher ; translations of the texts of the arias by Eta and Martial Singher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Singher, Martial.

Language:

English

French

German

Italian

Subjects (All):

Singing--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.).

Singing.

Operas--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.).

Operas.

Physical Description:

xvi, 350 pages : music ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [1983]

Summary:

A premier singer and master teacher here tells other singers how to get the most from 151 famous arias selected for their popularity or their greatness from 66 operas, ranging in time and style from Christopher Gluck to Carlisle Floyd, form Mozart to Menotti. "The most memorable thrills in an opera singer's life, " according to the author's Introduction, "may easily derive from the great arias in his or her repertoire." 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. 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. The"

Notes:

English, French, German, and Italian.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0271003510 :

OCLC:

9280629