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
    • Musicology and ethnomusicology
    • Music theatre
Keywords
Contemporary opera music analysis human representation
 
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.