Selection of Foreign Opera Works, Volume 1: Vocal Teaching Library: Foreign Works; Volume 2

Author: Zhu Zhenshan
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: Foreign opera, especially opera from some Western European countries, is not only the essence of the overall creative process in vocal art but also one of the sources of the development of vocal arts among various ethnic groups worldwide. Its vocal styles form the repertoire foundation for bel canto singing or schools. As vocal teaching materials, foreign opera arias or recitatives have undergone rich teaching practice in China and have cultivated numerous singers and vocal educators over the decades. Some have even entered the international stage, gaining recognition and becoming outstanding figures in bel canto singing. Meanwhile, in the teaching of folk vocal arts, how to apply the experiences and methods of bel canto singing in China has achieved encouraging results. In the sinicization of bel canto singing, we have either continued or are still conducting valuable practices and explorations. For this reason, the construction of teaching repertoire for foreign opera has demonstrated its importance in this context. In the selection, we have carefully curated teaching and appreciation repertoire in the order of their original publication and performance dates, following the sequence of character appearances, to serve the needs of vocal teaching for different training objectives. This book is instructional, documentary, and appreciative. It provides targeted teaching requirements for specific content, genre varieties, stylistic features, regional categories, vocal method distinctions, and difficulty levels.