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SAS OPERA STUDIO
ROLE: Acting In Opera: Searching for clues
Free Workshop
TBA

 

Does operatic acting mean standing in one place while singing? Could it also involve overacting because someone is singing in a foreign language? Does it suggest an acting technique that is somehow different from acting in the spoken theater?

The iconic Constantin Stanislavsky believed Opera singers should "combine the art of living a role with its musical form and the technique of singing."

 

The purpose of this workshop is to present an introduction to the foundation of the singing actor's craft.

Learn to answer the Who, What, Where, When, and Why of your character,  your understanding of the text, and how these answers propel your character's actions and reactions.       

This two hour session is a specialized workshop discussing an approach to the musical and dramatic structure of arias and how you will be able begin to dissect your character and his/her relationship in the piece.

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Stephen Scovasso is a musicologist, conductor, director and author.  His more than 60 operatic productions have included Carmen, Tosca, La Bohème, Don Giovanni, Gianni Schicchi, Cosi fan Tutte as well as operettas such as The Merry Widow and Die Fledermaus.

In American Musical Theater productions have included Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods and Bernstein’s Candide. In the dramatic theater, Stephen has directed Garcia Lorca’s La Casa de Bernarda Alba, and  Oscar Wilde’s Salome.

He founded the SAS Performing Arts Company and studios and, in the time of COVID-19,has become a leader in virtual theater presentations he has produced and directed with a total of  5 full length virtual streams including Dracula: The Radio Play, Dickens's A Christmas Carol, Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, and Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream as well as many virtual individual and holiday concerts. Many of these can be seen on the SAS Performing Arts Youtube channel.

During his years at Arizona State University,  he taught classes on Opera, American Musical Theater, and created a course on Stephen Sondheim.


Mr. Scovasso has also published a treatise on Puccini's Il Trittico and the end of Italian Opera.

The SAS Performing Arts Company and Studios, Inc.

P.O. Box 200144

Newark, NJ  07102

Telephone: (646) 858-9918

© 2024 SAS Performing Arts Company and Studio, Inc.

SAS Performing Arts Company and Studio, Inc. is a proud member of OPERA AMERICA, The New York Opera Alliance, and The New York Alliance of Resident Theatres.

SAS Performing Arts Company and Studios, Inc. is recognized as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) corporation by the IRS.

Some of our programs are made possible by funds from the Essex County Division of Cultural Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the City of Newark, Division of Arts and Cultural Affairs, and TD Bank.

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