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Informationen zum Autor William Ferrara is Director of Opera at the University of Oklahoma School of Music. He enjoys an international reputation as a stage director and acting teacher for opera. In his thirty-year career he has directed more than 150 productions of plays, musicals, and operas at colleges and professional theaters across the country and in Italy and South America. Illustrator Martha Ferrara is head of the Undergraduate Costume Design Program at California Institute of the Arts and is an award-winning designer for theater, dance, opera, and film. She is best known for interpreting performance costumes from the works of visual artists, including Oskar Kokoschka, Grandma Moses, and Kasimir Malevich. These costumes have been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art-East Wing, the Smithsonian Institution, and the History of Sculpture exhibit in Basel, Switzerland. Klappentext In Staging Scenes from the Operas of Mozart: A Guide for Teachers and Singers, opera director William Ferrara offers the perfect resource for the dramatic preparation of opera scenes for directors and student performers. Topics include study and research, rehearsal planning, blocking, characterization, and costuming for four of Mozart's most popular operas. He surveys basic concepts of opera acting and directing and provides a step-by-step guide to the rehearsal process. While much has appeared on the history and musical performance practice of the operas of Mozart, no guide to the directing and acting of his operas-with simple, concise staging instructions and practical information concerning casting, props, and costumes-has yet seen publication. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Costume Design Illustrations Introduction Part I: Organization and Preparation Chapter 1: Organizing the Class Chapter 2: The Job of the Director Chapter 3: The Rehearsal Process Chapter 4: Preparing the Scene: Five Assignments for Actors Chapter: 5: An Actor's Vocabulary Part II: Staging Scenes from Le Nozze di Figaro Introduction Chapter 6: Le Nozze di Figaro, Act I, Scene 1 Chapter 7: Le Nozze di Figaro, Act II, Scene 1 Chapter 8: Le Nozze di Figaro, Act II, Scene 1 Chapter 9: Le Nozze di Figaro, Act III, Scene 1 Chapter 10: Le Nozze di Figaro, Act III, Scene 1 Chapter 11: Le Nozze di Figaro, Act III, Scene 4 Part III: Staging Scenes from Don Giovanni Introduction Chapter 12: Don Giovanni, Act I, Scene 2 Chapter 13: Don Giovanni, Act I, Scene 2 Chapter 14: Don Giovanni, Act I, Scene 2 Chapter 15: Don Giovanni, Act I, Scene 2 Chapter 16: Don Giovanni, Act I Scene 2 Part IV: Staging Scenes from Così fan tutte Introduction Chapter 17: Così fan tutte,Act I, Scene 2 Chapter 18: Così fan tutte,Act I, Scene 2 Chapter 19: Così fan tutte,Act I, Scene 3 Chapter 20: Così fan tutte,Act I, Scene 4 Chapter 21: Così fan tutte,Act II, Scene 1 Chapter 22: Così fan tutte,Act II, Scene 2 Part V: Staging Scenes from Die Zauberflöte Chapter 23: Die Zauberflöte, Act I, Scene 1 Chapter 24: Die Zauberflöte, Act I, Scene 2 Chapter 25: Die Zauberflöte, Act I, Scene 3 Chapter 26: Die Zauberflöte, Act II, Scene 2 Chapter 27: Die Zauberflöte, Act II, Scene 3 Chapter 28: Die Zauberflöte, Act II, Finale, Scene 1 Chapter 29: Die Zauberflöte, Act II, Finale, Scene 3 Conclusion Further Reading About the Author and Illustrator ...
