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The journey of Princess Yueyang: Vocal challenges and character development in Tan Dun’s opera The First Emperor

Liu, Bo

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Title
The journey of Princess Yueyang: Vocal challenges and character development in Tan Dun’s opera The First Emperor
Author(s)
Liu, Bo
Issue Date
2018
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Coleman, Cynthia Haymon
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Moersch, Charlotte Mattax
Committee Member(s)
  • Carrillo, Carlos
  • Coleman, Barrington
Department of Study
School of Music
Discipline
Music
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
A.Mus.D. (doctoral)
Keyword(s)
  • Tan Dun
  • The First Emeror
  • Opera
  • Beijing opera
  • Contemporary composition
  • Chinese traditinal instruments
Language
en
Abstract
The purpose of this project is to investigate the characters in the Chinese composer Tan Dun’s opera The First Emperor, a two-act opera written in English and presented by the Metropolitan Opera in 2006. It focuses on the characters that Tan Dun created in this opera, particularly Princess Yueyang, General Wang Bi, and Gao Jianli, and how they come together to develop the tragic and dramatic effect. In addition, the project looks in detail at the character development of Princess Yueyang and the vocal challenges of her parts. Finally, it explores Tan Dun’s musical style in The First Emperor within the context of a recent trend in opera in the twenty-first century toward a new operatic style that combines Chinese traditional musical elements with Western musical elements.
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Copyright 2018 Bo Liu

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