THE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING OF THE OPERA SINGER - A COMBINATION BETWEEN VOCAL TECHNIQUE ELEMENTS AND MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGES Cover Image

THE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING OF THE OPERA SINGER - A COMBINATION BETWEEN VOCAL TECHNIQUE ELEMENTS AND MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGES
THE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING OF THE OPERA SINGER - A COMBINATION BETWEEN VOCAL TECHNIQUE ELEMENTS AND MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGES

Author(s): Adelina Diaconu
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Ideas Forum International Academic and Scientific Association
Keywords: music; vocal technique; medicine; psychology; opera singer;

Summary/Abstract: The present study aims to bring together all the elements underlying the development and training of anopera singer, from the knowledge of his own body and of the phonation, breathing and resonantcomponents, to the understanding of the mysteries of the human intellect and the application ofpsychological knowledges in learning and performing an opera role. In the first part of the study, therewill be presented the stages of the formation of an opera singer and the learning of a score, applied ondifferent musical parts of the belcanto repertoire. Also, the elements of the human body that serve theopera singer to perform his vocal activity will be presented: the phonation component - the larynx, therespiratory - the lungs and the diaphragm, and the resonators - the oral cavity and the sinuses. In thesecond part, it will be presented how the opera singer assumes a role of opera, using actor's art techniquesbased on elements of psychology and also, by observing human behavior in various situations. Finally,the author's conclusions will be presented.

  • Issue Year: 2/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 325-332
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English