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Small-scale Opera: History and Continuing Relevance in the 21st Century

Trisel, Joel B.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3829-4521
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1428438349

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2015, Master of Music (MM), Bowling Green State University, Music Performance/Voice.
This paper explores the history and recent rise in popularity of small-scale opera. Small-scale opera, originally referred to as chamber opera, and recently referred to as “Micro-opera”, “NANOWorks”, et cetera, has gained popularity in the past forty years due to artistic and financial reasons. The genre reflects the need for companies to find financially viable ways to continue to produce and perform classical music in a poor economic climate. The short length and relatively simple plots of the works in this genre also reflect the shift in media consumption on a broad level in the United States. While the genre is growing in popularity today, it has ties to historical practices, including some of the first documented operas written in the Baroque period. This paper provides a historical account of iterations of small-scale opera and culminates in interviews with professionals working in the field today. Through my research, I conclude that the genre is likely to succeed in the 21st century. This is due to the financial viability small-scale opera affords to both those producing and attending these works. Small-scale opera provides composers with a flexible medium in which they can explore writing sung drama that is substantially more likely to be produced than full-length works.
Katherine Meizel (Advisor)
Christopher Scholl (Committee Member)
Kevin Bylsma (Committee Member)
35 p.
Music
Opera; small-scale opera; sung drama; theater; stage; voice; voice performance; performance

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  • Trisel, J. B. (2015). Small-scale Opera: History and Continuing Relevance in the 21st Century [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1428438349

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Trisel, Joel. Small-scale Opera: History and Continuing Relevance in the 21st Century. 2015. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1428438349.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Trisel, Joel. "Small-scale Opera: History and Continuing Relevance in the 21st Century." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1428438349

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