Singing while Dying: Operatic Lament as a Multimodal Manifestation of Grief
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| Year of publication | 2025 |
| Type | Requested lectures |
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| Description | The public lecture focuses on operatic laments in performance: how it communicates complex emotional states through music, voice, gesture, and stagecraft, illustrating the interplay between affect, cognition, and performance. The lecture presents the rhetorical, musical, and audio-visual strategies performers use to convey grief and loss within a multimodal theatrical performance. It further explores the impact of these laments on audiences, highlighting how multimodal expression enhances empathy and emotional understanding. |
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