Opera Essay

managed to embed certain qualities of Russian folksong in his opera. For instance, the choruses sang by the Russian characters are often in a quintuple meter reminiscent of peasant song and the use of pizzicato strings has been likened to the Russian folk instrument, the balalaika. Though A Life for the Tsar was Glinka’s first internationally known work, most of his musical contributions to the operatic community came packaged in his second opera, Ruslan and Lyudmila

became popular for “New and Unusual Music” which includes the Harmonium, Grand Pianola Music, Harmonielehre, My Father Knew Charles Ives, and Absolute Jest. In 1985, in collaboration with other people one of which was a poet Alice Goodman produced two operas such as Nixon in China and The Death of the King Hoffer, which gained popularity because of being played more often in the past two decades. The other of his works include are: I was looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw The Sky, Doctor Atomic, A

composition; another is composing for all the specific characters. A composer has to distinguish between characters through his music. Jan can't sound like Fran, and Dan can't sound like Stan. Each character must have his/her own traits. Mozart's opera, Don Giovanni, provides us with many different characters to compare and contrast. One scene in particular lends itself to the comparison of Don Giovanni, Leporello, and The Commendator. Scene fifteen of Act two, places all three characters in close

It was a famous opera written by Léo Delibes in 1881-1882 and first performed in 1883. More interesting, in 1997, a rapper with nick name LL Cool J’ was released a rap song named “Dear Mallika”, and it has a close relationship with Léo Delibes’s Flower Duet base on lyric and melody. “LL Cool J’s “Dear Mallika” remains a tender and smart reinterpretation of Delibes’s “Flower Duet” from Lakmé” (Giovetti). More than that, Giovetti the author of “When Opera Goes Pop” was stated “Not only

personal experiences. Many composers “experimented with form and would emphasize originality and freedom”(Romanticism), previously unheard of in the past. At this point, music was no longer sacred and sponsored by the church, but the composers made operas and compositions with the preferences of the general public in mind. Similarly, the 1960s expressed themes of love, devotion, and even freedom in most of the songs. One of

The Magic Flute is an opera with two acts by W.A. Mozart. The story of this opera begins with a handsome prince, Tamino, is fighting with a serpent. Three ladies attendants of the Queen of Night kill the serpent, save Tamino, and show him the portrait of the daughter of the Queen of Night, princess Pamina. Tamino, instantly falls in love with Pamina. Tamino and the birdcatcher, Papageno, leave to save Pamina, who was captured by Sarastro, the Queen of Night give them a magic flute and a magic bell

Stalin’s immense displeasure after viewing this opera precipitated the official condemnation of Shostakovich. In a Soviet newspaper, called the Pravda, Shostakovich and his opera were bitterly attacked as “formalist, bourgeois, course, and vulgar.” The article, its title directly translated to “Chaos Instead of Music” and written anonymously, describes the orchestral score as “shrieking” and claims the opera’s success abroad was due to the perverted taste of the west, rather than Shostakovich’s brilliance

HIV/AIDS which within that time it was a major issues. In the first sense of the play we are introduced to Roger,Mark,Tom and other tenants from the building where they all live in. This plays take place in New York city.Based on Puccini’s beloved opera La Bohème, Rent follows the ups and downs of a year in the life of a group of poor, artistic friends living in Manhattan’s East Village. Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, struggles to find his place in the world; his roommate Roger, an HIV-positive musician

FRANZ SCHUBERTMusic Appreciation Section 02 FRANZ SCHUBERT “I HAVE COME INTO THE WORLD FOR NO OTHER PURPOSE BUT TO COMPOSE” It was Franz Peter Schubert, who said to a friend “I have come into the world for no other purpose but to compose”. For someone to be so certain, focused and dedicated at such a young age with extraordinary talent and promise, finding out more about Schubert’s life and astonishing music was a must for me. Franz Peter Schubert was bone in Vienna, on January 31, 1797

by the person’s behavior. It was seen when Andy turned on the music a grin came to his face as the past memories flowed back into his mind and heart. Self-talk was also in all the minds of the inmates, such as Red had when he was listening to the opera singers, “I tell you those voices soared, higher and farther than anybody in a great place dares to dream.” It was an inspiring experience for every man in Shawshank. The communication process could not even have been attained without the