Search for dissertations about: "Gunnel Bergström"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Gunnel Bergström.

2. 1. In search of meaning in opera : an opera singer's approach to the dialectics of words, music & myth in opera from Monteverdi to Verdi

   Author : Gunnel Bergström; Richard Bark; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; myth; tension between words and music; hermeneutics; vocal action; teatervetenskap; Theatre Studies;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to show that the opera singer's art is to transmit word and music into vocal action. It is assumed that opera, like all the arts, communicates myth. Of the stage arts opera is unique in that it expresses mythic metaphors through a combination of words and music. READ MORE