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A Study Of Callas’s Skill And Style In Singing Opera "the Female"

Posted on:2018-03-31Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:S H NiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330536976522Subject:School of music and dance
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In 1853,the three act opera"La Traviata",adapted by the famous composer Verdi in Italy according to the novel of"La Traviata"which is a masterpiece of the famous French writer Dumas,is still the world often perform the classic opera.Most songs in the play,such as"Drinking Song",Aria"Ah,dream lover","carpe diem”,are pop songs in opera,and sang by singers.In the act history of the opera "La Traviata",known as the "Diva",the famous Greek American soprano Callas’ act of the heroine Violetta is regarded as time benchmark.The act of Callas,no matter from language,music or somatic feeling,fit the heroine Violetta’s character and image very well.Not only her singing skills were fluent,clear and changeable,but also she grasped the changes in the mood and tone very accurately.Callas sings the three classic Aria"La Traviata"-"Drinking Song","He may be the person I want to see",“Farewell to the past dreams"with superb playing skills.Callas absorbed the unified technical requirements and aesthetic standards of classical bel canto,and added her own unique singing skills and emotional processing.Her voice is rich,and full of penetrating power and tone variety,and her characterization is three-dimensional and vivid.She proposed and thoroughly formed the idea of"breaking role boundaries",and she realized the transformation of flexible sound in the range of solid vocal skills of acoustic region,which she played more sophisticatedly in the shaping of the character.In addition,she also attached great importance to stage performing naturally and emotions will sing and playing through the eye and hands,and she blended singing and playing perfectly,which truly achieved the perfect depiction of the characters in the play.The perfect act of Callas shows that the opera is a comprehensive performing art combining singing and dancing.The successful experience of her act in opera "La Traviata" Enlightenment show us that we should pay attention to the integration of work and emotion,pay attention to promoting the stage practice ability,pay attention to the innovation of art performing,and pay attention to the diversified development of the teaching of vocal music.Only in this way,opera performances can create bright future.
Keywords/Search Tags:Verdi, La Traviata, Callas, singing skills, singing style
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