Updated: Dec 4, 2022
Building code for the analysis of the “Multilevel Opera Roles” Concept
by Diego Barbosa-Vásquez
©DiegoBarbosa-Vásquez/Dec2nd2022
Research for:
- www.barbosavasquez.com/academic
- Music Theory Doctoral Minor, Jacobs School of Music
Doctor in Music 4th year Student Major in Opera, Orchestra, and Ballet Conducting - Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University (Minors in Arts Administration and Music Theory )
Abstract
The multilevel singers’ skills present in a single opera have been influencing the composers' way of writing each role’s music. As the mediums that represent the musical idea, the informed evidence tends to show that singers’ levels influence how the music is written for each role (Barbosa-Vasquez, 2021). However, this “Multilevel Roles at Operas” concept is very difficult to prove from a scientific standard point. This is because of the enormous task required to be sure all the components of difficulty per role in Opera are scientifically counted, analyzed, and contrasted. The present paper presents a pilot study that, with the use of computational power; is able to count, analyze, and contrast the pitches-base difficulties for the roles in an Opera. By the use of Python, Music21, and Sibelius as computer tools and “El Imperio de la Luz - Community Opera in One Act” as a corpus, the present paper creates an analytic computer-based tool (set of codes) that not only proves the opera roles multilevel characteristics, but also gives in-depth detailed information about each role. This set of codes with their required adjustments will become the basis for a more in-depth analysis of multiple operas.
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