Master Singers: Advice from the Stage
Donald George and Lucy Mauro
Abstract
This book contains the results of interviews with twenty-one of today’s top international opera singers. With questions centered on what must be done to perform on the major stages of the world, the artists offer practical and concise advice on a variety of performance-related topics. Six chapters cover questions on vocal technique, role preparation, recording, recital work, memorization, acting, performance anxiety, and more. The artists interviewed are Stephanie Blythe, Lawrence Brownlee, Nicole Cabell, Joseph Calleja, David Daniels, Joyce DiDonato, Christine Goerke, Denyce Graves, Greer Gri ... More
This book contains the results of interviews with twenty-one of today’s top international opera singers. With questions centered on what must be done to perform on the major stages of the world, the artists offer practical and concise advice on a variety of performance-related topics. Six chapters cover questions on vocal technique, role preparation, recording, recital work, memorization, acting, performance anxiety, and more. The artists interviewed are Stephanie Blythe, Lawrence Brownlee, Nicole Cabell, Joseph Calleja, David Daniels, Joyce DiDonato, Christine Goerke, Denyce Graves, Greer Grimsley, Thomas Hampson, Alan Held, Jonas Kaufmann, Simon Keenlyside, Kathleen Kim, Ana María Martínez, Lisette Oropesa, Eric Owens, Dimitri Pittas, Ewa Podleś, Jennifer Rowley, and Gerhard Siegel.
Keywords:
singing,
vocal technique,
opera,
vocal recital,
opera singers,
vocal performance,
vocal pedagogy,
comparative vocal pedagogy,
opera stage,
singer,
vocal study
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 2015 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199324170 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: April 2015 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199324170.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Donald George, author
SUNY - Postdam, Associate Professor of Voice
Lucy Mauro, author
West Virginia University, Associate Professor of Piano
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