Thesiss

The Second Sight is an opera in three acts that both draws upon the bel canto tradition of operatic singing and explores new possibilities for dramatic vocal writing. By engaging with the historical ideal of opera as dramma per musica - that is “drama through [by means of] music…

Discussions of interpretation and performance practice often address specific historical periods, offering analyses of musical practices within a predetermined set of dates, such as ornamentation in the Baroque period, articulation as applied in the Classical era, and phrasing “…