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My recent textbook Linguistics for Singers takes singers and other musicians who work with them through a wide range of linguistic features. While a great deal of work has been done on lyric diction, fewer resources take into account other concepts like grammar and prosody. A more holistic approach to the languages we sing allows us to...
The meeting discussed the collaboration between the University of Leeds and Vanderbilt University, focusing on practical steps to build upon partnerships in higher education and opera. Key points included the importance of long-term, equitable partnerships, the need for new opera commissions, and the challenges of reinterpreting problematic operas like "Madamme Butterfly." The conversation also highlighted...
Amidst the growing trend of documentary operas, the moniker “CNN opera” has returned to common parlance. A reference to the first television channel to provide twenty-four-hour news coverage, the term is often used in both critical reviews and scholarship to gesture towards works that draw on topical news stories as subject material. Since the 1990s,...
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