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The beginner's guide to opera stage management : gathering the tools you need to work in opera / Danielle Ranno.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781003047391
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Beginner's guide to opera stage managementDDC classification:
  • 792.602/3 23/eng/20220523
LOC classification:
  • MT955
Contents:
Opera Background -- Document Design -- Prep Week -- Rehearsal -- Rehearsal Paperwork -- Tech Week -- Performance -- Archive.
Summary: "The Beginner's Guide to Opera Stage Management is the first book to cover theatrical stage management practices specifically for opera productions, providing an invaluable step-by-step guide. Beginning with a brief history of opera and detailing its difference from musical theatre, the book covers stage management best practices through prep, rehearsals, tech, performance, and wrap up. From the moment a manager accepts a contract, right through to archiving paperwork, this essential toolkit covers each step of a stage manager's journey. Working with a score, reading music, working with singers, conductors, and musicians, basic duties of a stage manager versus an assistant stage manager, and other tasks specific to opera are also included in this comprehensive guide. This book is full of tips and tricks, as well as the good, bad, and ugly stories from opera stage managers, sharing both their experiences and mistakes. This is the perfect how-to book for the professional or emerging stage manager looking to work in opera, or to expand their existing stage management skillset"-- Provided by publisher.
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Opera Background -- Document Design -- Prep Week -- Rehearsal -- Rehearsal Paperwork -- Tech Week -- Performance -- Archive.

"The Beginner's Guide to Opera Stage Management is the first book to cover theatrical stage management practices specifically for opera productions, providing an invaluable step-by-step guide. Beginning with a brief history of opera and detailing its difference from musical theatre, the book covers stage management best practices through prep, rehearsals, tech, performance, and wrap up. From the moment a manager accepts a contract, right through to archiving paperwork, this essential toolkit covers each step of a stage manager's journey. Working with a score, reading music, working with singers, conductors, and musicians, basic duties of a stage manager versus an assistant stage manager, and other tasks specific to opera are also included in this comprehensive guide. This book is full of tips and tricks, as well as the good, bad, and ugly stories from opera stage managers, sharing both their experiences and mistakes. This is the perfect how-to book for the professional or emerging stage manager looking to work in opera, or to expand their existing stage management skillset"-- Provided by publisher.

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