Performing a new work by a living composer 04/12/2017 Performing a contemporary piece that has never been performed before is a huge challenges. First and foremost – working with the actual composer! An opera singer will mostly perform works by composers long gone, so working with a composer who is there to tell you what they wish for, and someone who has probably has chosen you to perform their work is a great honour but also deeply challenging. You are partly responsible for making sure that their vision, their baby – is well received and
Performing a contemporary piece that has never been performed before is a huge challenges. First and foremost – working with the actual composer! An opera singer will mostly perform works by composers long gone, so working with a composer who is there to tell you what they wish for, and someone who has probably has chosen you to perform their work is a great honour but also deeply challenging. You are partly responsible for making sure that their vision, their baby – is well received and
Researching a play/opera - notes for singers & actors 07/16/2015 Researching a play/opera - notes for singers & actors Being fond Socrates, I believe in asking questions, and that asking the right questions is far more important and complex then finding the right answers. I believe if you arrive at the right questions the answers are come fairly easily! :) I therefore put down some general rules of researching a theatre piece, be it opera, a musical or a play. At the bottom I added a few general rules for working on stage, in the hope they will be useful for
Researching a play/opera - notes for singers & actors Being fond Socrates, I believe in asking questions, and that asking the right questions is far more important and complex then finding the right answers. I believe if you arrive at the right questions the answers are come fairly easily! :) I therefore put down some general rules of researching a theatre piece, be it opera, a musical or a play. At the bottom I added a few general rules for working on stage, in the hope they will be useful for
