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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Opera companies"”.
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Investigating the current challenges and discovering workable solutions for the future of opera companies in South Africa
… discovering workable solutions for the future of opera companies in South Africa. The decline in government funding emerges as a critical factor adversely affecting the operations of these companies, leading to closures and a diminished cultural landscape. Social constructivism theory is employed …
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Contemporary opera in Britain, 1970-2010
This study of contemporary opera in Britain considers first, the theoretical aspects of the creation of an opera, then moves to a survey of British opera companies and their productions of modern opera over the past 40 years. There follows a detailed study of three works produced in Britain during …
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Blossom Time: Three Lyricist-Librettists and the Early Twentieth-Century American Musical Theatre
… Some of these shows are still produced by opera and light opera companies today; others have languished in archives since their original productions. This study aims to bring these nearly forgotten writers back into the spotlight while challenging prevailing conventional narratives about …
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Bringing Unheard Orchestral Works to Life: testing the digital orchestra
… especially relevant at a time when concert and operatic repertoire is shrinking due to the increased costs of maintaining orchestras and opera companies. Where opera is concerned, the inclusion of the author’s most significant work, Dracula, shows how live soloists can combine with a digital …
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The mezzo-soprano onstage and offstage: a cultural history of the voice-type, singers and roles in the French Third Republic (1870–1918)
… in the Parisian Opéra and Opéra-Comique companies between 1870 and 1918. Mezzo-sopranos are often cast in operas as secondary characters such as mothers, villains and teenaged boys, but they also have leading roles which can match the dramatic complexity of those of their soprano …
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A Century on Music in Omaha 1854 - 1954
… musicians. Visiting artists, orchestras, opera companies, and bands certainly make a valuable contribution but their occasional visits would amount to very little if local musicians did not band together. Local programs, singing clubs, orchestras, and bands show cultural development much …
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Opera for children : a comprehensive guide to writing, directing, producing and touring children's opera
Opera for Children: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing, Directing, Producing, and Touring Children’s Opera presents an organized approach to creating and producing an opera performed specifically for children in elementary schools by a group of pre-professional or professional opera singers with …
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Opera considered as state ceremony
… to show the ways in which governments treat opera as an institution, endorsing, through ceremony and ritual, the power of the state. Its main contention is that the opera institution (which combines opera companies and opera houses) is useful to the state and supported by it for reasons other …
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“Hallo, Hallo! Achtung! Achtung!...” : a performer's guide to the Theresienstadt compositions of Viktor Ullmann for the mezzo-soprano
… performance of his works by noted singers and opera companies, and the wide acceptance of these pieces by international audiences. Ullmann’s oeuvre is an important link in the chain of western art music tradition. This guide provides singers and teachers of singing with the necessary …
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WEATHERING THE PERFECT STORM: PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION FOR A CAREER IN MUSIC PERFORMANCE
… institutions in the United States. Orchestras, opera companies, and other traditional performing institutions are facing financial tribulations, and many of these organizations have already shut their doors. Interest in classical music has plummeted and audiences have continued to disintegrate …