Alexandra Coghlan

The relationship between self and singer

If opera is acting, concealing the self behind a character, where does that leave the singer in the concert hall, caught between ventriloquist and dummy, wonders Ian Bostridge

Ian Bostridge. [Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images]

  • Song & Self: A Singer’s Reflections on Music and Performance

    Ian Bostridge

    Faber, pp. 128, £14

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