Last week, we completed all that is needed to know about setting up your opera score’s staves. Today, we delve deep into instrument-specific conventions that may be unique to opera, but may also apply to other big symphonic contexts. Let’s get started.
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Dear all,
Welcome to the second update for _Summer 2023,_ this time live from Belgrade, Serbia! Before moving on with the news, I would like to offer my public apology to the several thousands of people who watched the excerpt of
How to engrave an Opera (in Sibelius)
What would be an opera without solo singers? Well, it would just be a massive symphony, though also this statement could be discussed at length. There are special conventions on how to prepare singers’ staves, and they are like nothing I had ever encountered before. This is because there is an extra component that a symphony doesn’t have: the stage!
How to engrave an Opera (in Sibelius) – Ep. 3
Episode 3 – First Steps (cont’d) Instruments set-up (Part 2) Percussion In an ideal world, you will know beforehand how many instruments and players your opera will need, but let’s be realistic: when will that happen? Let’s once more play safe by respecting one single rule: the timpanist is not a percussionist! That is, giveContinue reading “How to engrave an Opera (in Sibelius) – Ep. 3”
How to engrave an Opera (in Sibelius) – EP. 1
Episode 1 – Preparation Introduction Hello there, and welcome to this new blog series dedicated to engraving best practices, this time specifically dedicated to how to engrave an opera. I have recently completed working on the first opera of my career as a music engraver —by Australian composer Lee Bradshaw—and I would like to shareContinue reading “How to engrave an Opera (in Sibelius) – EP. 1”
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