MTEA Journal

Recitativing the Song: Empowering the Singing Actor

Nicole Stinton

Source:  MTEA Journal, Volume 5, January 2024, pp. 25-36

Publisher: Musical Theatre Educators' Alliance

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62392/AEPD5204

Conservatory training has relied largely on the separation of singing and acting classes (Burgess & Skilbeck, 2000, pp. 9-11). The separation of discipline-specific classes may be one reason why the singing-actor can lack authenticity in performance (Burgess & Skilbeck, 2000, pp. 111-112; Moor, 2018, p. 264). Authenticity, in this context, refers to the character being believable and where the actor appears to not be acting (Moor, 2018, p. 258)...

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