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Cendrillon is an opera comique in three tableaux by Pauline Verdi. This Operetta is composed by seven voices and piano. The classic story of Cinderella is the plot basis of this work. However, in this opera Pauline verdi interpret the traditional Cinderella story with some differences from the master copy fairy tale. The evil stepmother is replaced by an unfriendly stepfather who did illegal things earlier in his life, and through this he established a friendship with Barigoule. Another difference

The feeling of sitting down in a dark movie theater with a bucket of buttered popcorn and your favorite drink is a common experience for most Americans. The lights dim down and the theater is filled with music; whether it’s intense battle music, sweet soft ballets, or a somber melody, the music sets the mood. What most people don’t know is that just over four percent of the musicians in American orchestras are of black or Latino decent, a statistic that hasn’t gone through much change in the last

On October 24th, 2017, I attended the dress rehearsal for La Traviata at The Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas, TX. The dress code was both formal and semi-formal; some people wore very elegant dresses while others wore slacks and a nice formal shirt. As I was standing outside the venue making my way inside I noticed that most the people attending were either high school or college students. The amount of people in attendance cannot be exactly calculated but if I would

Prompt One Because of Introduction to Music, my perception of classical art music has changed and more importantly, the course has impacted how I approach music in general. Before the class, I would have described art music as boring and dingy; however, after learning a plethora of musical elements, and after thoroughly studying the context of each piece, my interest for the genre grew along with my appreciation for it. To the average listener, Johann Bach’s Cantata No. 140, Wachet auf, I, sounds

is not Shakespeare, nor is it Opera. It has been called Minstrel Show, Burlesque, Vaudeville, Extravaganza, Operetta, Musical Comedy, Musical Revue, Musical Theatre and it has been described in a variety of terms including “Low Brow” and “Middle Brow” but never “High Brow.” It had also been praised and condemned for its broad cultural connections and appeal. Although Musical Theatre is not a Shakespearean or Operatic subcategory. It was highly inspired by many Operas and theatrical iambic pentameter

poetic text, Rusalka continues to transcend the idea that it exists strictly as a Czech opera unable to be understood by foreign audiences. Though it remains the only of Dvořák’s operas to receive international fame (and is arguably the greatest), the romanticism and universal appeal of the story aide in securing a place for Dvořák in history as not only a great orchestral composer, but also a gifted composer of opera. Rusalka tells the story of a water nymph (Rusalka) who falls passionately in love

help her in achieving the money. “Now it has to be somewhere where my grandma can’t find me and that there is a lot of people. The park!”, gasped Melina. She rehearsed all day. By tomorrow she will perform in the park. Melina rehearses in the opera. While her grandmother was searching her throughout the city. Getting worried and tired she went back home and start the search tomorrow. Not telling anyone what happened, she had no one. The day ended and a new one began. Melina woke up and not having

I’ll be talking Claudio Monteverdi, an Italian composer, string player and choirmaster during the late renaissance and early baroque era who was versed in both secular and sacred music and also worked as a choirmaster. A pioneer in the development of opera and crucial figure in both of these major music periods of classical music. Monteverdi was born in Cremona in 1567, as the son of a barber and brain surgeon as well as a chemist was his father Baldassare Monteverdi. Claudio’s mother, Maddalena Monteverdi

concerto, the sonata, and the opera. Opera encouraged composers to devise ways of illustrating moods in their music; affecting the listener’s emotions became a major objective in composition during this period. Opera spread to France and England, and composers such as Rameau, Handel and Purcell began producing great works. “Joan Sutherland, was the vocal phenomenon of the postwar era” states Lord Harewood, In the days he edited Opera Magazine. She was also an opera singer from the baroque period

influenced by the Italian style, with much of his vocal work being written in Italian, including all of his operas, countless arias and many of his early oratorios. However, after the release of the satirical Beggar’s Opera, by John Gay, in early 1728, the popularity of Italian Opera began to decline, because Gay’s work’s prevalent theme ridiculed the stereotypical plots in Italian opera. English audiences were also growing ever more dissatisfied with their entertainment being in Italian, a language