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Postopera: Reinventing the Voice-Body - Ashgate Interdisciplinary Studies in Opera
Jelena Novak
Both in opera studies and in most operatic works, the singing body is often taken for granted. In Postopera: Reinventing the Voice-Body, Jelena Novak reintroduces an awareness of the physicality of the singing body to opera studies. Arguing that the voice-body relationship itself is a producer of meaning, she furthermore posits this relationship as one of the major driving forces in recent opera. She takes as her focus six contemporary operas - La Belle et la Bête (Philip Glass), Writing to Vermeer (Louis Andriessen, Peter Greenaway), Three Tales (Steve Reich, Beryl Korot), One (Michel van der Aa), Homeland (Laurie Anderson), and La Commedia (Louis Andriessen, Hal Hartley) - which she terms 'postoperas'. These pieces are sites for creative exploration, where the boundaries of the opera world are stretched. Central to this is the impact of new media, a de-synchronization between image and sound, or a redefinition of body-voice-gender relationships. Novak dissects the singing body as a set of rules, protocols, effects, and strategies. That dissection shows how the singing body acts within the world of opera, what interventions it makes, and how it constitutes opera?s meanings.
Includes 13 b&w illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 28, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781472441034 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 192 |
| Dimensions | 163 × 243 × 22 mm · 514 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Marvin, Professor Roberta Montemorra |
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