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Musical theatre, acting and the function of the lyrical protagonist

Μελέτες και άρθρα

• Αλεξιάδης, Μηνάς Ι.

This article starts with a discussion on the function and the characteristics of “music in theatre” under the main, basic distinction between dramatic and musical theatre, and then proceeds presenting briefly the relevant semiotics, concluding in this extend with the definition that opera is actually «a dramatic on scene performance with a musical character». Further, the article moves to the environment of the lyrical protagonist and presents the musical fundaments, the peculiar skills and art of performance, and also the way main roles in the operatic repertoire are distributed and respond to specific kinds of voices, vocal qualities and artists.A special note is given to the fact, that in recent decades (and also most recently in Greece), within the nowadays’ “realm of images”: the overall on stage appearance, attractiveness, acting skills and often certain characteristics of a “showing off’ or flamboyant operatic presentation, prevail, leaving somehow behind, the most essentials in opera such as musical and vocal interpretation standards and most of all the essence and the crucial purposes of musical dramaturgy. The next section of the article contains a precise listing of the most demanding, extensive and specialized studies in vocal, scenic, dramatic and artistic training, a lyrical protagonist has to work out and go through during his career aiming to function at an international professional level. The article concludes with some theoretical statements on the balances between sung and spoken (reciting) parts, in relation to the main species of a music- theatrical work (opera, operetta and musical).

• Arts

• Θέατρο, Ελληνικό
• Music and philosophy

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