Acting for Singers: Creating Believable Singing Characters - Ostwald, David F. (, Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute) - Books - Oxford University Press Inc - 9780195145403 - July 28, 2005
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Acting for Singers: Creating Believable Singing Characters


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This practical guide explains how to analyse a script of libretto, show how to develop a character building on material in the score, and gives the singing performer the tools to act believably. More than just a how to acting book, however, Acting for Singers addresses the problems of concenration, trust, and projection, among others, and includes concrete examples from opera and musical theatre.


264 pages, 4 line drawings

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released July 28, 2005
ISBN13 9780195145403
Publishers Oxford University Press Inc
Pages 264
Dimensions 157 × 239 × 23 mm   ·   567 g
Language English  

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