The Opera Singer's Acting Toolkit

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART ONE: THE TOOLS

1 The Foundations

The Body: Releasing Tension

The Mind: Awareness + Focus

The Imagination

Play and Spontaneity

2 A Note About Emotion

3 Creating Character

4 Text and Music

Organising Information: Given Circumstances

Organising Information: Other Approaches

Organising Information: Music

Objectives

Actions

Obstacles

Points of Concentration

Events

Further Text Tools

Text and Music: Conclusion

5 The Body and Movement

Laban

Lecoq

Character Types and Commedia dell'Arte

The Clown

Devising

6 Words and Music in Action

PART TWO: IN PRACTICE

1 Preparing for Rehearsals

2 Rehearsals

3 Rehearsals in Depth

4 Performance

5 Auditions


PART THREE: INTERVIEWS

1 Repertoire

Interviews with Conductors

2 Approaches to Rehearsal

Interviews with Directors

3 Singers' Case Studies


List of exercises
Further reading

Index