‘LIBRETTISING’ SCIENCE: Using operatic narrative and performance to re-present scientific thought in an investigation of new methods towards developing contemporary opera.
Korda, Roxanne (2024) ‘LIBRETTISING’ SCIENCE: Using operatic narrative and performance to re-present scientific thought in an investigation of new methods towards developing contemporary opera. Doctoral thesis, Birmingham City University.
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This practice-based research investigates presenting scientific concepts and research on the operatic platform through an interdisciplinary and collaborative process. It focuses on libretti writing and performance, using tools such as anthropomorphism, archetype and mythological characters to engage participants and the audience with the subjects on stage. The work explores how to create an experience which enables a deeper sense of the reality of the science presented, and makes the audience, performers and creative practitioners complicit in the existence of the concepts, or objects, being performed. The performativity of the work is allowed to play a key role in shaping the final piece, as the researcher explores the embodiment of the characters during the process of production towards cyclical presentations of the work.
This investigation includes two major collaborative projects in which I participated as librettist, producer and performer:
1. The Flowering Desert. An opera about the discovery of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, written to be performed specifically in planetaria. This involves a collaboration with: composer Daniel Blanco Albert; designer Alexander Kaniewski; filmmaker Tadas Stalyga; projectionist Leon Trimble; and the ThinkTank Planetarium (led by Colin Hutcheson).
2. Lipote: An Interconnected Journey. An opera/musical about deforestation due to intensive agriculture. Set in the soil from the perspective of the roots of trees. This involves a collaboration with: composer Oliver Farrow; jewellery maker Wanshu Li; choreographer Jingya Peng; and sound artist Leon Trimble.
Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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Dates: | Date Event 5 March 2024 Submitted 8 April 2024 Accepted |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Opera, Libretto, Contemporary Opera, Science, Anthropomorphism, Archetype, Narrative, Performance, Interdisciplinary, Collaboration |
Subjects: | CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-02 - performing arts > CAH25-02-02 - music |
Divisions: | Doctoral Research College > Doctoral Theses Collection Faculty of Arts, Design and Media > Royal Birmingham Conservatoire |
Depositing User: | Jaycie Carter |
Date Deposited: | 15 Oct 2024 08:25 |
Last Modified: | 15 Oct 2024 08:25 |
URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15874 |
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