The tragic actor: sounds, voices, words. How does the tragic actor’s voice work in the theatrical space? This paper aims to focus on some episodes – narrated in the ancient sources – concerning the vocal performance. The article also considers linguistic aspects of dialects and generic constraints, as well as some well-known mistakes of pronunciation, vocal characterization of tragic main figures, and the shape of the trimeters they pronounce.

L'attore tragico: suoni, voci e parole

Andrea Rodighiero
2019-01-01

Abstract

The tragic actor: sounds, voices, words. How does the tragic actor’s voice work in the theatrical space? This paper aims to focus on some episodes – narrated in the ancient sources – concerning the vocal performance. The article also considers linguistic aspects of dialects and generic constraints, as well as some well-known mistakes of pronunciation, vocal characterization of tragic main figures, and the shape of the trimeters they pronounce.
2019
Greek tragedy, Actor’s voice, Greek tragic style and vocal performance
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