Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-202) and index.
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Techniques. Knowing the score ; Recitatives : practical methods for teaching them ; Interlude one : decorum ; Planning coaching sessions, playing staging rehearsals and following a conductor : the stage director's perspective ; The art of auditioning ; Interlude two : dealing with the diva/divo -- Considerations. Interlude three : comparing composer styles ; Baroque operas and Mozart ; Interlude four : The issue of straight tones ; The bel canto movement ; Interlude five : "Park and bark" ; Verdi ; Interlude six : the vanishing of large voices ; French opera ; Mussorgsky and the Russians ; Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss ; Puccini and the verismo school ; Operettas ; Benjamin Britten and other modern composers -- Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss ; Interlude seven : Opera in translation ; Conclusions -- Appendix A. A list of vocal Fachs and their roles ; Appendix B. Notable and recommended editions ; Appendix C. Favorite catch phrases.
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''Opera Coaching" is the first practical guide for pianists, singers, and opera producers to this important--and often neglected--career. The opera coach is a teacher who helps singers not only meet the physical and vocal demands of a score, but--like the dramatic coach--shapes their entire performance. The opera coach must have a wide knowledge, from a full understanding of human physiognomy and the human voice, to the many languages used in Western vocal music, to the entire expanse of the opera repertoire, from its roots in 17th century sung drama through today's most modern compositions.