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Acting for Singers: Creating Believable Singing Characters
by David F. Ostwald

Acting for Singers: Creating Believable Singing Characters
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Author: David F. Ostwald
Edition: Hardcover
Published: 2005-07-07
ISBN: 0195145402
Number of pages: 264
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Book Review: Acting for Singers: Creating Believable Singing Characters
Summary: 5 Stars

I have been a professional opera singer and voice professor for many decades. This book REALLY gets to the heart of the acting delima which singers' face. The index is very thorough, allowing the singer to find exactly the topic they are looking for easily. The book should be read cover to cover many times if the singer is new to the field of acting. (I find it helpful for each singer to ponder this question: Am I a singer who acts or, an actor who sings, or both.) An opera singer MUST learn to create operatic characters with which the audience can identify. Each Mannerism and gesture will change with each new operatic role one intends to interpret. This book should be a great help for the preparation of singers who aspire to act realistically and who wish to conquor this extremely demanding and rewarding field called OPERA.

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