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Articles from the Old Site / Re: Opera Stage Management
« on: Oct 26, 2011, 01:55 pm »
TIMINGS:
In opera, timings are used to describe cues to the non-musical staff members. It's helpful with an existing opera to use a recording to write in a running stopwatch timing (every 30-seconds, usually, or every 15 seconds, as is helpful for your specific production) into your score, next to the appropriate measure. (In straight plays, page & scene timings are often taken, or scene/ song timings in musicals). You'll probably adjust these timings once you're in rehearsal to match the Maestro's tempo. With a new or unrecorded work, you can take the timings from your first singthrough. The stopwatch should be started with the first downbeat, and stopped and restarted at the end of each act.
In opera, timings are used to describe cues to the non-musical staff members. It's helpful with an existing opera to use a recording to write in a running stopwatch timing (every 30-seconds, usually, or every 15 seconds, as is helpful for your specific production) into your score, next to the appropriate measure. (In straight plays, page & scene timings are often taken, or scene/ song timings in musicals). You'll probably adjust these timings once you're in rehearsal to match the Maestro's tempo. With a new or unrecorded work, you can take the timings from your first singthrough. The stopwatch should be started with the first downbeat, and stopped and restarted at the end of each act.