Opera – Operativ Tåginformation

Uppsatsen redogör för resultatet av en förändringsanalys av informationssystemet Opera – Operativ Tåginformation samt dess samverkan med andra informationssystem. Vi ger även ett flertal förändringsförslag angående Opera. Det primära målet är att utifrån analysen ge färändringsförslag angående Opera och dess informationssystemarkitektur. För att detta skulle vara möjligt har vi kartlagt Opera och den interaktion som sker med andra informationssystem. Målet är att öka förståelsen för Opera och dess informationssystemarkitektur samt att föreslå förändringar av densamma. Analysresultatet beskriver både Operas interna och externa informationssystemarkitektur det vill säga hur Opera samverkar med andra informationssystem, Operas kärnprocesser och hur dessa kan spåras i den nuvarande databasen. Förändringsförslagen innefattar ett erbjudande om att, utifrån en beskrivning av de viktigaste handlingarna i Operas kärnprocesser skapa en objektmodell som tydliggör de centrala begrepp i verksamheten. Detta bör leda till ett förbättrat informationssystem och en förbättrad informationssystemarkitektur som stöd för kärnprocesserna. Syftet med detta arbete är att visa på hur grundläggande begrepp i informationssystemarkitekturen kan definieras med utgångspunkt från en analys av verksamhetens kärnprocesser och handlingar.

The Björling 'Opera' : A children's Nursery Academy and an Italian Conservatory in Miniature

The aim in this chapter is to develop a deeper understanding about the informal Björling 'School' in Sweden. Contextually the example is related to the micro history of opera education contributing to the macro perspective illuminating a provincial example of the concept of domestic opera schooling. The specific focus was on Karl David Björling (1873-1926), the teaching parent of the Swedish tenor Jussi Björling (1911-1960) and his brothers Gösta and Olle.   The Björling family model of opera schooling belongs to the classical canon of domestic home education which was common during the epoch. The phenomenon is also within the field of opera singing an important reference to the historical context of the Nordic opera history of vocal education.   The uniqueness concerning the Björling School seems to be the rigorous and exceptionally early training. David Björling’s pedagogy was rooted in earlier German theories of musical upbringing. It's clear from his results that he was familiar with the neo-humanistic ideal on which reformed music education was based. Of a specific interest is the term Gesang als Unterricht as a concept for developing childrens musical and memorising capacities.   Conceptually the roots of the Björling model are in the eighteenth-century Romantic view of prodigies and their abilities. The extensive touring is connected to the promotion of wonder-children, and David Björling’s educational style to the conservative Master-pupil tradition.   David Björling's vocal ideal was a part of the contemporary debate about “The decadence of the singing art”, and seems to have its roots in an older Italian tradition. There are recurring similarities between his educational methods and the didactic principles of the Lamperti School: Enjoying a revival around the late 1800s and early 1900s, it has been called the natural or the national school. Nevertheless, through authentic experiences and gramophone recordings the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso became David Björling’s pedagogical role model.

Arbetsprocesser i scenkonstnärliga projekt : En kvalitativ studie på videoscenografer verksamma inom opera

Syftet med denna kvalitativa undersökning är att bidra med kunskap om hur scenografiska projekt organiseras, i första hand inom operakonsten. Resultatet är användbart för forskning inom organisation samt användbart för branschen. Huvudfrågan är: hur ser arbetsprocessen ut för konstnärliga projektgrupper verksamma inom operakonst? Delfrågorna är: vilka faktorer påverkar vilka kriterium videoscenografer har för skapande? Vilka faktorer är viktigast för gott styrande av konstnärliga projektgrupper verksamma inom operakonst? Analysprocessen består av sammankopplingar mellan respondenternas svar och Pierre Bourdieus teorier om det kulturproducerande fältet samt jämförelse med tidigare forskning. Intervjuer med tre videoscenografer har legat till grund för analysen om hur vi organiserar oss i konstnärliga projekt på operascenen. Resultatet av den kvalitativa undersökningen är att den verksammes bakgrund, intressen och utbildning har påverkan på de arbetsmässiga val som tas. Ett gott ledarskap av en konstnärlig grupp som skapar videoscenografi innebär att visa på tydlighet och respekt till alla medarbetare. Diskussionen handlar om studiens styrkor, svagheter och förslag till fortsatt forskning. Styrkan i undersökningen är respondenternas karakteristiska svar som med tydlighet kunde förklaras med hjälp av Bourdieus teorier samt tidigare forskning. Svagheten i undersökningen är att den endast byggs på den empiri som samlats in genom intervjuer. Förslag till fortsatt forskning är således att undersöka om samma resultat kan erhållas med en annan metod.

Verdi's Settings of Shakespeare : from Play to Liberetto to Opera

As a Senior Scholar pursuing the topic, Verdi's Settings of Shakespeare: From Play to Libretto to Opera, I have endeavoured to study a project relevant to my majors, Music and English. During first semester, I carefully analysed Shakespeare's plays, Macbeth, Othello and Falstaff. The highlight of my project was in January when I travelled to New York City and spent the day working with the Metropolitan Opera Guild. I was also able to see a performance of Verdi's Othello with Jon Vickers in the lead role. During the second semester, I studied the musical aspects of the compositions. I spent time analysing musical passages and relating them to the plays and the operas. I was also able to continue my study of Italian, which I find extremely beneficial while studying Verdi's libretti. On Monday, 13th May, 1974, I gave a lecture presentation of my project. At this time, I showed slides of Metropolitan productions of the operas, presented my own rendition of five arias (in costume) and talked about comparisions between the plays and the operas. I applied for a Rotary Fellowship to take my project to Europe and am presently waiting to hear the results. If I do receive the fellowship, I am planning to spend a year studying the plays and operas in England and Italy. Afterwards, I hope to publish a paper explaining my findings. The paper is divided into six sections. The first section is an introduction which explains the period of Romanticism and its relationship to Shakespeare and Verdi. The second section is devoted to discussing the librettist for Macbeth, Francesco Piave. Following this section the opera Macbeth is discussed. Arrigo Boito, the librettist for Otello and Falstaff is discussed in the fourth section. The last two sections deal with Otello and Falstaff. I have also included a number of musical selections to better explain certain passages. My project has been invaluable to me. My Senior Scholar project has allowed me the freedom of independent study as well as a means of tying my majors together.

Predicting opera attendance based on operetta attendance : some initial empirical results

This research project models the segments of consumers of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, from naive first-attendees through to expert and passionate "heavy users" of esoteric live opera, questioning the reality of the "progressive continuum" of opera involvement, and the mechanisms of transition through any continuum (in both directions). The particular research sub-project reported in this paper focused on recent consumers of operetta who had never been to an opera, and tried to identify the characteristics which distinguished best between those who said that they are likely to attend an opera and those who are less likely. Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing of 238 consumers of an operetta isolated 65 participants who had not been to the opera, 28 of whom were coded as being likely to go to an opera, while the remaining 37 participants were coded as unlikely to attend. The inability of the usual demographic and product usage variables to group participants, and the preponderance of simplistic, superficial responses to open-ended questioning, indicated that more sophisticated techniques are needed, both to elicit more meaningful and actionable data regarding motivation, and to test the likely influence of available marketing variables in inducing desired behaviour (both marketer-desired and consumer-beneficial behaviour).

Information source usage and enthusiasm in opera : a comparative study

The research reported in this paper investigated the relationship between information usage and individual ticket-purchasing activity of Opera Australia customers in relation to specific Opera Australia products, namely, operetta and opera. The results provide some support for the notion that consumers of operetta and opera can be distinguished on the basis of their different behaviour in some areas. However, there is substantial “crossing-over” or inconsistency in the data. Longevity of association with the art-form, and purchasing tickets to both types of productions, tended to be related to increased reliance on information sources closer to Opera Australia.

Lindy (Opera libretto)

Lindy is an opera in two acts by Australian composer Moya Henderson to an English libretto by Judith Rodriguez. It premiered on 25 October 2002 at the Sydney Opera House. The plot is based on the disappearance of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain's baby Azaria in the Australian outback at Uluru in 1980. The opera lasts for about 1 hour and 35 minutes.

Learning 'through' or learning 'about'? The ridiculous and extravagant medium of opera : Gardner's multiple intelligences in pre-service teacher education

In recent years, pre-service teacher education has attempted to incorporate into programs an understanding of Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences as it applies to schools. In this paper the tension between ‘learning about’ multiple intelligences and ‘learning through’ multiple intelligences supports Gardner’s (1993) distinction between ‘understanding’ and ‘coverage’. This paper examines the use of the performing arts in the professional studies component of our teacher education program. During 2002 at The University of Melbourne, a group of education students were offered the opportunity to develop an opera in order to learn about assessment and curriculum. Thirty-seven of the students volunteered to be involved and over a period of six months met this challenge. Our action research study asked two critical questions. To what extent is the understanding of multiple intelligences by pre-service teachers improved by ‘learning through’? Can pre-service teachers address fundamental issues in curriculum and assessment through the development of a performance? This experience would be of value to other teacher educators.