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"Britten's ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"": A conductor's guide"

Ciabatti, Filippo

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Title
"Britten's ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"": A conductor's guide"
Author(s)
Ciabatti, Filippo
Issue Date
2017-12
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Tharp, Reynold
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Tharp, Reynold
Committee Member(s)
  • Schleicher, Donald
  • Gunn, Julie
  • Stone, Sylvia
Department of Study
School of Music
Discipline
Music
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
A.Mus.D. (doctoral)
Keyword(s)
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Conductor's guide
  • Britten and opera
  • Christopher Gillett
Language
en
Abstract
Based on my experience conducting Benjamin Britten’s opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the University of Illinois in a production directed by Christopher Gillett, this paper is designed as a guide to assist other conductors who approach this masterpiece. Its main focus is to provide advice from both technical and musical points of view on how to handle selected challenging passages of the opera in rehearsal and performance. The discussion of these passages is organized by acts in the chronological order of the piece. The paper also considers the relationship between the pit and the stage from the perspective of the conductor.
Type of Resource
text
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Copyright 2017 Filippo Ciabatti

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