Släpp sångarna loss!

Tove Dahlberg

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Släpp sångarna loss! (2023)

Tove Dahlberg

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My dissertation "Unchain the Singer! Gender, Performance Norms and Artistic Agency in Opera" is taken from an opera singer’s perspective and the aim is three-fold: • to investigate and problematize how gender and performance norms are reproduced on the opera stage • to provide tools and propose approaches to transform gender perspective and norm critique into a creative artistic practice, enabling conscious and active artistic choices in relation to gender and performance norms • to explore ways to expand the singer's artistic agency. The artistic research project draws on knowledge from both my own practice as a professional opera singer and my collaborators’ experiences from the worlds of opera, classical music and theatre. The thesis consists of four artistic investigations: 1. In "Mönster och möjligheter" (Patterns and Possibilities), gender markers were explored and identified, both in vocal and dramatic performance. The five Mozart scenes that were studied revealed a structure suggesting that femininity in the operatic art often can be expressed by taking responsibility for the music, for facial features and bodily behaviour, and for the audience. Correspondingly, masculinity seemed to be expressed by actively taking less responsibility in these areas. 2. The second investigation was connected to Norrbottensmusiken's production of the new opera "Under en kvinnas hjärta" (Beneath the Heart of a Woman). This study exposed how performance norms affect singers' artistic possibilities also in contemporary opera. The investigation found that if the director's reading of an opera is norm-creative, it can facilitate a less traditionally gender-coded performance. However, even in more traditional opera productions, there are still options for the singer to work norm-creatively with their role, for example by mixing feminine and masculine gender markers. 3. The third investigation, the concert production "Sångernas sång" (The Song of Songs), explored an expanded artistic agency for the singer. Actively using my experience from my career as an opera singer, I wrote the libretto for the chamber mini-opera "Stark som döden" (Strong as Death) in collaboration with a composer. The study suggested that singers, in addition to their creative work on the role, could also contribute with other important perspectives. Concert and opera productions, as well as newly written works, can be enriched by a dialogue with the singers early on in the artistic process. In the creation of the two roles in the chamber pieces "Hög visa" (Songs of Solomona) and "Stark som döden", useful methods for creating a subject position for the characters were developed, as well as ways to work in a concert situation with the portrayal of sexual desire. 4. The fourth and final investigation, "Interaktion och intimitet" (Interaction and Intimacy), was an exploration of intimate scenes. The study showed that the method and know-how of an intimacy coordinator can provide a sense of security that can make the singers freer in their portrayals of sexuality. A greater focus on the story can also make the scenes more interesting artistically. In addition, this study revealed the potential of an expanded agency for the singers. Allowing singers to adapt the text and the distribution of lines in repertoire opera, as well as creating a more collective rehearsal process, where the singers take an active part in the stage directing work, could open up for more norm-creative representations of gender on stage.

Hur kan operasångarens konstnärliga handlingsutrymme vidgas? Det är en av frågorna i det konstnärliga forskningsprojektet (doktorsavhandlingen) "Släpp sångarna loss!" där Tove Dahlberg i samarbete med andra yrkesverksamma inom scenkonsten undersöker genus och gestaltningsnormer i operavärlden. Med scener ur standardrepertoaren och nyskrivna verk som arbetsmaterial vaskas nya verktyg och förhållningssätt fram. Teoretiska perspektiv omvandlas till en vokal och kroppslig sångarpraktik. Längs vägen utforskas gestaltningskonventioner – hur de skiljer sig åt i olika röstfack och hur de kan förändras. Tove Dahlberg utmanar hur kanoniserade roller brukar gestaltas och vad som ingår i sångarens yrkesroll. Hon undersöker också gestaltning av intimitet och skillnader mellan trygghet och tillit. Släpp sångarna loss! sätter ord på sångarens praktiska kunskap och erbjuder ett språk för att tänka och tala om genus och gestaltningsnormer i opera. Forskningsprojektet åskådliggör att sångaren har kompetenser utöver det gestaltande arbetet, det utmanar hierarkier mellan olika yrkesgrupper i operabranschen och visar på de möjligheter som finns i ett friare förhållningssätt till de skrivna verken.

type	research exposition
keywords	opera, gestaltning, sångare, röstfack, sopran, mezzo, roll, byxroll, genus, genusnyfiken, norm, normkreativ, normkritik, handlingsutrymme, agens, femininitet, maskulinitet, ickebinär, klassisk musik, approximativ intonation, intimitet, sexualitet, dragking, sårbarhet, tillit
date	27/02/2023
published	21/04/2023
last modified	21/04/2023
status	published
affiliation	Stockholm university of the arts
copyright	Tove Dahlberg
license	CC BY-NC-ND
language	Swedish
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2003216/2003249
published in	Stockholm University of the Arts (SKH)
portal issue	0. X-position
external link	http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uniarts:diva-1363

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