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Opera Acts explores a wealth of new historical material about singers in the late nineteenth century and challenges the idea that this was a period of decline for the opera singer. In detailed case studies of four figures - the late Verdi baritone Victor Maurel; Bizet's first Carmen, Célestine Galli-Marié; Massenet's muse of the 1880s and '90s, Sibyl Sanderson; and the early Wagner star Jean de Reszke - Karen Henson argues that singers in the late nineteenth century continued to be important, but in ways that were not conventionally 'vocal'. Instead they enjoyed a freedom and creativity based on their ability to express text, act and communicate physically, and exploit the era's media. By these and other means, singers played a crucial role in the creation of opera up to the end of the nineteenth century.

Opera --- Singing --- Opéra --- Chant --- History --- Histoire --- Opéra --- Singing and voice culture --- Vocal culture --- Music --- Beatboxing --- Throat singing --- Performance

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"The Performative Power of Vocality offers a fresh perspective on voice as a subject of critical inquiry by employing an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approach. Conventional treatment of voice in theatre and performance studies too often regards it as a subcategory of actor training, associated with the established methods that have shaped voice pedagogy within Western theatre schools, conservatories, and universities. This monograph significantly deviates from these dominant models through its investigation of the non-discursive, material, and affective efficacy of vocality, with a focus on orally transmitted vocal traditions. Drawing from her performance training, research collaborations, and commitment to cultural diversity, Magnat proposes a dialogical approach to vocality. Inclusive of established, current, and emerging research perspectives, this approach sheds light on the role of vocality as a vital source of embodied knowledge, creativity, and well-being grounded in process, practice, and place, as well as a form of social and political agency. An excellent resource for qualitative researchers, artist-scholars, and activists seeking to legitimize the cognitive potential of vocal practice and decolonize dominant approaches to voice pedagogy, The Performative Power of Vocality opens up new avenues of understanding across Indigenous and Western philosophy, performance studies, musicology, ethnomusicology, sound and voice studies, anthropology, sociology, phenomenology, cognitive science, physics, ecology, and biomedicine"--

Singing. --- Singing and voice culture --- Vocal culture --- Music --- Beatboxing --- Throat singing --- Performance --- Singing --- Voice --- Psychological aspects --- Social aspects

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Agricola published Introduction to the Art of Singing in Germany, in 1757, consisting of the 1723 treatise of the Italian singing teacher and castrato, Tosi, to which Agricola added his own running commentary. The Introduction was recognized as invaluable not only for teachers and their pupils but also for advanced singers and professionals. This present edition, translated with introduction and annotations by the celebrated singer Julianne Baird, makes Agricola's work available in English. Tosi's work was the first basic treatise on singing; Agricola, a pupil of J. S. Bach at the court of Frederick the Great, brought Tosi's work 'up to date'. His commentaries are so extensive that the Introduction stands on its own as an important document in the history of performance practice.

Singing. --- Performance practice (Music) --- 78.41.2 --- Music --- Musical performance practice --- Performing practice (Music) --- Beatboxing --- Throat singing --- Singing and voice culture --- Vocal culture --- Performance

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Phonetics --- Physiology: movement organs, voice and skin --- Voice culture. --- Elocution. --- Declamation --- Speaking --- Singing and voice culture --- Vocal culture --- Voice training --- Eloquence --- Language and languages --- Rhetoric --- Expression --- Oratory --- Reading --- Voice --- Elocution --- Speech

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Caroline Bithell explores the history and significance of the natural voice movement and its culture of open-access community choirs, weekend workshops, and summer camps. Founded on the premise that 'everyone can sing', the movement is distinguished from other choral movements by its emphasis on oral transmission and its eclectic repertoire of songs from across the globe.

Natural voice singing. --- Singing -- Social aspects. --- Natural voice singing --- Singing --- Music --- Music, Dance, Drama & Film --- Music Instruction & Study --- Singing and voice culture --- Vocal culture --- Beatboxing --- Throat singing --- Social aspects --- Performance --- Social aspects.