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In search of meaning in opera: an opera singer's approach to the dialectics of words, music & myth in opera from Monteverdi to Verdi
Stockholms universitet, Humanistiska fakulteten, Teatervetenskapliga institutionen.
2000 (engelsk)Doktoravhandling, monografi (Annet vitenskapelig)
Abstract [en]

The aim of this thesis is to show that the opera singer's art is to transmit word and music into vocal action. It is assumed that opera, like all the arts, communicates myth. Of the stage arts opera is unique in that it expresses mythic metaphors through a combination of words and music.

The point of departure is the opera singer's: confronted with the text, comprising libretto and music, how can this be used to achieve a dramatic effect? Stanislavsky's theory of acting is often applied in practice, but whatever its merits for the stage, it has shortcomings for opera. More promising, it is argued, is a form of hermeneutic approach that Ricoeur calls "backward relatedness": the composer's score is relied on to contain all essential information, but further understanding may be gained by studying any human science that gives insight into how the poet expresses his life experience.

In this spirit, the first part of the thesis surveys the history of opera from Monteverdi to Verdi with a focus on how composers have handled the relation between words and music to give expression to human conflicts that are the stuff of myth. The second part comprises two chapters in which arias from each of the main periods studied are analysed with attention paid both to the libretto and the music and how these combine in vocal action that communicates myth. It is here that the fruitfulness of Ricoeur's insights are demonstrated. In a final part, the conditions for the present-day opera singer are discussed.

sted, utgiver, år, opplag, sider
Stockholm: Stockholm University, 2000. , s. 198
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Theatron, ISSN 0348-2448
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myth, tension between words and music, hermeneutics, vocal action
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teatervetenskap
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-70980ISBN: 91-86434-22-5 (tryckt)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-70980DiVA, id: diva2:483459
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2000-12-15, 13:00
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Tilgjengelig fra: 2012-01-25 Laget: 2012-01-25 Sist oppdatert: 2018-03-26bibliografisk kontrollert

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