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‘The phantom of the Opera’: the lost voice of opera in silent film
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Film's attraction to opera began not with the technical possibility of synchronising the operatic voice with the image, but earlier, in the silent era. In theNew York Timesof 27 August 1910 Thomas Edison declared: ‘We'll be ready for the moving picture shows in a couple of months, but I'm not satisfied with that.I want to give grand opera.’ What did silent film seek in opera? Would a silent film of or about opera have any meaning? What are the possibilities for silent opera? How would a mute operatic voice appear in film?
Title: ‘The phantom of the Opera’: the lost voice of opera in silent film
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Film's attraction to opera began not with the technical possibility of synchronising the operatic voice with the image, but earlier, in the silent era.
In theNew York Timesof 27 August 1910 Thomas Edison declared: ‘We'll be ready for the moving picture shows in a couple of months, but I'm not satisfied with that.
I want to give grand opera.
’ What did silent film seek in opera? Would a silent film of or about opera have any meaning? What are the possibilities for silent opera? How would a mute operatic voice appear in film?.
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