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Project

Distorted characters. The discrepancy between character and singer in twenty-first-century opera
Code
01CD6522
Duration
25 November 2022 → 24 September 2023
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Musicology and ethnomusicology
    • Music theatre
Keywords
Contemporary opera music analysis human representation 20th Century Contemporary Music Art Theatre and performing arts
 
Project description
 Contemporary opera tends to abandon traditional narratives and breaks the tight bond between the singer and the character. Using musicological and performance analysis in combination with composer interviews, Distorted Characters seeks a thorough understanding of the aspects that disrupt centuriesold genre conventions concerning the relation of music, drama, the character and the singer in opera.