Event overview
Media on Stage and Narratives in Opera Composition
Media on Stage and Narratives in Opera Composition
As soon as motion pictures leave the two-dimensionality of the cinema screen, a new disposition of audiovisual media in terms of content and form is necessary: in the connection of narration and abstraction and the immersive perception of real and virtual characters, music theatre is traditionally an intermedia art form that brings together image, sound, space and performative representation. The lecture revolves around dispositions of media gestures, in which the distinction between stage and visual media is dynamically designed
Professor Sidney Corbett: Time Structure and Personality Refraction as Narrative Strategies
Music theatre is as such a multi-media art form, and the very presence of the stage inevitably poses the question of narrative, regardless how abstract. The problem though is how narrative can be embraced and formulated in non-conventional ways. Music theatre offers the potential to exploit simultaneity and interchangeability of past, present and future. Further, dramatic personae can on the stage be multiplied, refracted and mirrored in numerous ways. In this lecture I will discuss how temporal relations and personality refraction can be helpful tools in devising musical narrative in opera composition
Philipp Stangl is Professor of Audiovisual Arts and Sidney Corbett is Professor of Composition, both at the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim.
The Music Research Series invites researchers from across the country, and from within the department, to present and discuss their work.
The Series is a space for the development of cutting-edge research in music, and for the training of postgraduate and Early Career Researchers from Goldsmiths and elsewhere.
The sessions bring together scholars, practitioners, and people working in music outside the university. They may include formal papers, panel discussions, conversations, or any other format that suits the research.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 22 Oct 2019 | 5:30pm - 7:00pm |
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