Skip to navigation – Site map

HomeConference proceedings17La rencontre de Verdi et de Shake...

La rencontre de Verdi et de Shakespeare : le traitement de la voix

Gilles de Van
p. 109-118

Abstracts

Shakespeare was regarded as a model of life and thought by Verdi throughout his career, even so the composer wrote only three operas based on themes taken from Shakespeare’s plays. As regards voice, he has exerted indirect but real influence : every time Verdi sets out to create a Shakespearian character transcending the norms of lyrical theater, he is thereby led to create an original vocal style. The most striking examples are Lady Macbeth, a somber evil character whose voice has to express her personality, and Othello, the prototype of the heroic operatic tenor, to whose undoing the play is designed to result in, and the character’s voice must bear witness to this destruction process.

Top of page

References

Bibliographical reference

Gilles de Van, La rencontre de Verdi et de Shakespeare : le traitement de la voixActes des congrès de la Société française Shakespeare, 17 | 1999, 109-118.

Electronic reference

Gilles de Van, La rencontre de Verdi et de Shakespeare : le traitement de la voixActes des congrès de la Société française Shakespeare [Online], 17 | 1999, Online since 01 November 2007, connection on 17 February 2025. URL: http://0-journals-openedition-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/shakespeare/355; DOI: https://0-doi-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/10.4000/shakespeare.355

Top of page

About the author

Gilles de Van

Top of page

Copyright

CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

The text only may be used under licence CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. All other elements (illustrations, imported files) are “All rights reserved”, unless otherwise stated.

Top of page
Search OpenEdition Search

You will be redirected to OpenEdition Search