Staging the opera

Genre: Television

Year Published: 1957

Creator: Boris Goldovsky John W. Ziegler Larry Flavin WQED Pittsburgh

Format: 16mm

Description: Describes the fundamental relationships existing between music, staging, and words in the successful and meaningful production of an opera. Stresses the importance, on the part of the stage director and the actors, of understanding the language of the music in arriving at staging procedures. Shows correct and incorrect examples of fitting stage movement to the music using selections from Don Giovanni, Faust, and Carmen. (WQED) Kinescope.


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