Perfect Italian Diction for Singers

An Authoritative Guide

AvTimothy Cheek,Anna Toccafondi

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Perfect Italian Diction for Singers: An Authoritative Guide provides the steps and tools for singing beautifully and expressively in this language. Timothy Cheek and Anna Toccafondi systematically home in on the essential features of the most beautiful Italian, pitfalls of non-native singers, and how to overcome those issues. In addition to delving to the heart of Italian sounds and inflection, they present controversies, misconceptions, and various approaches—often conflicting—that have arisen throughout the last century. Chapters also address:Italian style and legatoBest use of supplemental resources and dictionariesRecitative with suggested, short Mozart excerptsWorking with textSinging diphthongs, triphthongs, and hiatus Also included are a plethora of audio and video examples and exercises (over seventy QR codes), exercises for group or self-study, and self-assessment summaries. This book will help singers and students lay a solid foundation in beautiful, lyric Italian.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-09-30
Mått:153 x 230 x 15 mm
Vikt:404 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781538163412

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Timothy Cheek has taught Italian lyric diction at the University of Michigan since 1993. As collaborative pianist, he has performed throughout Italy, and worked for nine years in Tuscan summer vocal programs, both at Cincinnati Conservatory’s Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca program and at the University of Michigan’s spring term program in Sesto Fiorentino. Cheek has written books on Czech lyric diction and opera, and he is the series editor of Rowman & Littlefield’s Lyric Diction series. His long association with Italian pianist/coach Anna Toccafondi extends to over three decades of collaboration and consultation.Anna Toccafondi performs regularly in major festivals and theaters in Italy, Europe, and Japan. She recently began a cooperation with the Municipality and the Teatro Garibaldi of Modica (Sicily) for the project Cantare in Perfetto Italiano, Singing in Perfect Italian, a series of masterclasses devoted to foreign singers and collaborative pianists. Committed to unpublished or lesser known compositions of the Italian vocal repertoire, Toccafondi has done research, transcriptions, revisions, and recordings of important composers.

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Bravo! A book for serious craftspeople in opera. I think of a talented student of opera singing as a diamond in the rough, and perfect Italian diction is the table facet on the brilliant cut. This book makes the cut and polish.

Innehållsförteckning

Recorded Examples and Exercises Preface 1. The Basis for the Most Beautiful and Correct Lyric Italian Diction2. The Seven Italian Vowel Sounds3. The Essentials of Stress and Length4. The Pronunciation of e and o5. The Italian Consonants6. Double Consonants and Phrasal Doublings7. Legato8. Mastering Glides, Hiatus, Diphthongs, and Triphthongs9. Italian Style10. Working with Text11. Best Use of Supplemental Resources12. RecitativeAppendix A. Verb Endings Appendix B. Essential Grammar Selected References Index About the Authors