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dc.contributor.authorKlein, Eveen
local.source.editorEditor(s): Oli Wilson, Sarah Attfielden
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-06T10:00:00Z-
dc.date.issued2013-
dc.identifier.citationShifting Sounds: Musical Flow - A Collection of Papers from the 2012 IASPM Australia/New Zealand Conference, p. 106-116en
dc.identifier.isbn9780975774793en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15202-
dc.description.abstractAt the beginning of the twentieth century compilation recordings of operatic arias by singers such as Enrico Caruso began to decontextualise operatic songs from their narrative context. However, these early popular recordings of operatic song maintained a relationship to the tradition of opera, extending the reach of the metaphorical opera house into domestic listening environments. In the second half of the twentieth century opera left the opera house behind. This movement was driven by experimental composers such as Luciano Berio, Philip Glass and Robert Ashley who each addressed the framing of opera inside the opera house, and the kinds of vocalities which define opera. Yet it was Queen's smash hit "Bohemian Rapsody" from 'A Night at the Opera' (1975) which thrust operatic forms upon 1970s rock audiences and the momentum generated from rock opera carried through into other music styles. This paper will provide a brief introduction to some of the landmark recordings where opera was appropriated into electronica, hip hop, rock and pop music from 1980 to 2005. The intention of this mapping is not to be exhaustive, rather it seeks to highlight how the appropriation of opera's structure, narratives, vocalities, and performance conventions by popular music artists has been used to make political, cultural or artistic statements. In these recordings, opera is positioned against popular music styles as a signifier of the gargantuan extremities of canonical European art culture. When utilised in popular music, opera becomes a site of political, class and identity conflict, an exotic object of pleasure, and a way of rupturing conventional popular music vocal styles. Through recordings by artists such as Nina Hagen and Diamanda Galás, opera has been revitalised, with alien divas and sampled sirens influencing contemporary culture in ways which most classical singers can only dream about.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherInternational Association for the Study of Popular Musicen
dc.relation.ispartofShifting Sounds: Musical Flow - A Collection of Papers from the 2012 IASPM Australia/New Zealand Conferenceen
dc.titleAlien Divas and Sampled Sirens: A Brief Mapping of Opera in Popular Music from 1980-2005en
dc.typeConference Publicationen
dc.relation.conferenceIASPM-ANZ 2012: Conference of the Australia/New Zealand branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Musicen
dc.subject.keywordsMusicology and Ethnomusicologyen
dc.subject.keywordsMusic Performanceen
dc.subject.keywordsCulture, Gender, Sexualityen
local.contributor.firstnameEveen
local.subject.for2008190409 Musicology and Ethnomusicologyen
local.subject.for2008200205 Culture, Gender, Sexualityen
local.subject.for2008190407 Music Performanceen
local.subject.seo2008950204 The Mediaen
local.subject.seo2008950105 The Performing Arts (incl. Theatre and Dance)en
local.subject.seo2008950101 Musicen
local.profile.schoolMusicen
local.profile.emaileklein3@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryE1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20140605-200352en
local.date.conference5th - 7th December, 2012en
local.conference.placeHobart, Australiaen
local.publisher.placeDunedin, New Zealanden
local.format.startpage106en
local.format.endpage116en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.title.subtitleA Brief Mapping of Opera in Popular Music from 1980-2005en
local.contributor.lastnameKleinen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:eklein3en
local.profile.roleauthoren
local.identifier.unepublicationidune:15418en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleAlien Divas and Sampled Sirensen
local.output.categorydescriptionE1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publicationen
local.relation.urlhttp://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=876124864109778;res=IELHSSen
local.conference.detailsIASPM-ANZ 2012: Conference of the Australia/New Zealand branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Hobart, Australia, 5th - 7th December, 2012en
local.search.authorKlein, Eveen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2013en
local.subject.for2020360303 Music educationen
local.subject.for2020440504 Gender relationsen
local.subject.for2020360304 Music performanceen
local.subject.seo2020130204 The mediaen
local.subject.seo2020130104 The performing artsen
local.subject.seo2020130102 Musicen
local.date.start2012-12-05-
local.date.end2012-12-07-
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