Suggestions for Operatic Seascapes.
Lyle K. Neff
opera "Sadko" take place on or near the sea/ocean.
Lyle Neff, ln...@ucs.indiana.edu
http://copper.ucs.indiana.edu/~lneff/home.html
Libretto Homepage
LEIF KEANE
Suggestions for Operatic Seascapes.
We are presently planning an operatic programme of approx. 1 hour 30
minutes in length of excerpts from all styles and periods.
The presentation will be titled Operatic Seascapes.
We would be grateful for suggestions of apt repertoire which could
be performed by students who are almost ready for professional exposure.
Thank you in anticipation of your response,
David Wohl
The opening scene of Otello, during the storm
Any one of many scenes from Peter Grimes
Opening of Tristan und Isolde (and of course, Fliegende Hollander)
During the intermission, you can claim to be performing the trip of
Puccini's Manon from France to the well-known desert of Louisiana.
David Wohl
Victor Han
>From: LKE...@WCMD.DEMON.CO.UK (LEIF KEANE)
>Subject: Suggestions for Operatic Seascapes.
>Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 12:23:27 +0000
>Suggestions for Operatic Seascapes.
Rymsky Korsakov's Sadko contains significant scenes happening on and even
under the sea as has already been stated.
One scene which is mostly "about" the sea is the Song of the
Viking guest which requires a bass with an extended range and a solid
mezza-voce. The orchestra part imitates the waves of the sea, while the three
couplets relate the relationship of the Vikings to the sea, from birth to the
death at sea.
If you want, I can Email you the Russian transliteration and English
translation of the text of this popular short number.
Regards Victor Han
VH...@interlink.net
Kile Baker
(Michael Yampol ) wrote:
> In <LKEANE-2308...@wcmd.demon.co.uk> LKE...@WCMD.DEMON.CO.UK
> (LEIF KEANE) writes:
> >
> >
> >Suggestions for Operatic Seascapes.
> >
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> >We are presently planning an operatic programme of approx. 1 hour 30
> >minutes in length of excerpts from all styles and periods.
> >
> > The presentation will be titled Operatic Seascapes.
> >
> > We would be grateful for suggestions of apt repertoire which
> could
> >be performed by students who are almost ready for professional
> exposure.
The 4 sea interludes from Peter Grimes are marvelous for the orchestra but don't have a vocal part.
I believe there is a famous aria from von Weber's Oberon, entitled "O Ozean du Ungeheurer"
You might also look outside the operatic repertoire and consider lieder and other art songs. I'm not all that familiar with the songs, but there surely must be a number of songs related to the sea that would fit.
--
Kile Baker | All opinions expressed are my own
Applied Physics Laboratory | and do not represent those of the
Johns Hopkins Univ. | Applied Physics Laboratory or JHU
opera
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> Suggestions for Operatic Seascapes.
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> The presentation will be titled Operatic Seascapes.
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> We would be grateful for suggestions of apt repertoire which could
> be performed by students who are almost ready for professional exposure.
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considered any of Gilbert and Sullivan's work. HMS Pinafore and
Pirates of Penzance have some wonderful chorus numbers.
Clare
James Kahn
--Jim
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Rochester, NY 14627
Margaret Harrison
writes:
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>>We are presently planning an operatic programme of approx. 1 hour 30
>>minutes in length of excerpts from all styles and periods.
>>
>>
>> We would be grateful for suggestions of apt repertoire which
>could
>>be performed by students who are almost ready for professional
>exposure.
Isn't there a scene in the 1st Act of Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte where the girls see
the guys off on a boat, and a corresponding scene in the last act when the guys
"return"?
And, though Venice isn't literally the sea, the "Belle Nuit" duet from
_Tales of Hoffman_, would be really good for students to perform.
--
Peggy Harrison
(Peg...@ix.netcom.com)
Michael Yampol
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Just to clarify, I (Michael Yampol) am not planning any productions of
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> In <LKEANE-2308...@wcmd.demon.co.uk> LKE...@WCMD.DEMON.CO.UK
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I (Michael Yampol) merely posted a followup to LKEANE's request.
Someone's mailer stripped out LKEANE's address on a followup. >>He<<
wants the Seascape suggestions, not I.
Regards,
Michael Yampol
New York City
David Lewis
mya...@ix.netcom.com "Michael Yampol " writes:
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> Harrison ) writes:
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> >In <41gtcd$l...@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> mya...@ix.netcom.com (Michael
> Yampol )
> >writes:
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> >Isn't there a scene in the 1st Act of Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte where
> the girls see
> >the guys off on a boat, and a corresponding scene in the last act when
> the guys
> >"return"?
> >
> >And, though Venice isn't literally the sea, the "Belle Nuit" duet from
> >_Tales of Hoffman_, would be really good for students to perform.
> >--
> >Peggy Harrison
> >(Peg...@ix.netcom.com)
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> Just to clarify, I (Michael Yampol) am not planning any productions of
> anything! This thread was begun under the following tag:
> _______________________________________________________________________
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> > In <LKEANE-2308...@wcmd.demon.co.uk> LKE...@WCMD.DEMON.CO.UK
> (LEIF KEANE) writes:
>
> We are presently planning an operatic programme of approx. 1 hour 30
> minutes in length of excerpts from all styles and periods.
>
> The presentation will be titled Operatic Seascapes.
> We would be grateful for suggestions of apt repertoire which could
> be performed by students who are almost ready for professional
> exposure.
>
I am a little surprised that students who are almost ready for professional
exposure do not have in their repertoire examples of the types of music
required. What advice have the various tutors given? There is a great deal of
difference in the singing styles required between, say, Elgar's "Sea
Pictures" -a terrific song cycle, and Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman" both of
which would fill your criteria, and might well suit the various styles of the
students. Benjamin Britten also provides vivid seascape imagery in much of his
work.
--
David Lewis
Falparsi
Wreckers".
Jim Dunphy (Falp...@aol.com