Master singers
Subtitle: advice from the stage
By: Donald George and Lucy Mauro
Contributors: Mauro, Lucy, author
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780199324170; 9780199324187
Subjects: Singers; Interviews; Singing; Vocational guidance; Biography
Description: Through interviews with some of today's most accomplished and renowned concert and operatic singers, including Stephanie Blythe, David Daniels, Joyce DiDonato, Denyce Graves, Thomas Hampson, Jonas Kaufmann, Simon Keenlyside, and Ewa Podleś, the book provides indispensable advice to vocalists making the transition from student to professional, addressing matters ranging from technique and its practical application for effective stage projection to the practicalities of the business of professional singing and maintaining a career to recommendations for vocal hygiene and longevity in singing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 159) and index.
Table of contents: title: On the craft of singing; title: On the operatic stage; title: On the recital and concert stage; title: On maintaining a career; title: On teaching and studying; title: Extras from the experts.