A FULL BODY ARTIST – THE OPERA SINGER: A CONTEMPORARY PARADIGM OF TRAINING, VISION AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE ART OF OPERA

Nikola Matišić

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Working together with Operalabb in Sweden, we try to develop a stronger pedagogic framework for educating vocal artists in the art of opera and classical singing, one that is better adapted to handling and dealing with the paradigm of vocal culture in our time. We have noticed that basic skill-sets of novice singers are no longer similar to the time when the pedagogic and aesthetic foundations of classical vocal training were built. This paper basically relies on the observation and incorporation of present and past vocal cultures of spoken and sung language as well as physical and artistic frameworks related to the development of linguistic, aesthetic and artistic ideals of young musicians. 


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pedagogy, vocal and physical culture, opera, classical voice training

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