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Conducting Opera - Where Theater Meets Music (Hardcover)
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Conducting Opera - Where Theater Meets Music (Hardcover)
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Conducting Opera discusses operas in the standard repertory from
the perspective of a conductor with a lifetime of experience
performing them. It focuses on Joseph Rescigno's approach to
preparing and performing these masterworks in order to realize what
opera can uniquely achieve: a fusion of music and drama resulting
in a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.Opening with a
chapter discussing his performance philosophy, Rescigno then covers
Mozart's most-performed operas, standards of the bel canto school
including Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, five of Verdi's works
including La traviata, a selection of Wagner's compositions
followed by French Romantic operas such as Bizet's Carmen,
Puccini's major works, and finally four operas by Richard Strauss.
A useful appendix contains a convenient guide to the scores
available online. Conducting Opera includes practical advice about
propelling a story forward and bringing out the drama that the
music is meant to supply, as well as how to support singers in
their most difficult moments. Rescigno identifies particularly
problematic passages and supplies suggestions about how to navigate
them. In addition, he provides advice on staying true to the
several styles under discussion.
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