Opera as soundtrack

Resource Information

The work Opera as soundtrack represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Opera as soundtrack

Statement of responsibility

Jeongwon Joe

Creator

• Joe, Jeongwon

Subject

• Motion pictures and opera
• Opera in motion pictures

Language

eng

Summary

Jeongwon Joe examines the role of opera as soundtrack by exploring the distinct effects opera produces in film, and what elements set opera apart from other types of soundtrack music, such as jazz or symphony. The author explores why opera tends to accompany poignant, pivotal scenes; she argues that when soundtracks employ opera excerpts.

Member of

• Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central

Cataloging source

MiAaPQ

Dewey number

791.43/6578

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

ML2100

LC item number

.J64 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera

Summary expansion

Filmmakers' fascination with opera dates back to the silent era but it was not until the late 1980s that critical enquiries into the intersection of opera and cinema began to emerge. Jeongwon Joe focusses primarily on the role of opera as soundtrack by exploring the distinct effects opera produces in film, effects which differ from other types of soundtrack music, such as jazz or symphony. These effects are examined from three perspectives: peculiar qualities of the operatic voice; various properties commonly associated with opera, such as excess, otherness or death; and multifaceted tensions between opera and cinema - for instance, opera as live, embodied, high art and cinema as technologically mediated, popular entertainment