Re: [Off-topic] A question about opera scores

[Lukas-Fabian Moser]

Hi Daniel,

Am 31.03.20 um 01:58 schrieb Daniel Rosen:
> I just sent the following question in an email to my local orchestra's[1] music 
> director[2]-he has a side gig with a small opera company a few towns over[3]
:-)
> > I am in the midst of engraving a full opera score, and my question is this: do 
> > you as a conductor
> > prefer to see the vocal parts above the strings, or within the strings (between 
> > the violas and
> > cellos)? Elaine Gould's Behind Bars (generally accepted as the definitive 
> > reference work on music
> > notation) prescribes the former for mixed-forces works in general, but is 
> > silent about opera
> > scores specifically; and most of the random sampling of scores that I've looked 
> > at on IMSLP have
> > the latter.

The opera conductors I asked agree that they prefer the vocal parts 
above the strings.

Best
Lukas