Opera

1. An opera is a drama that is heavily supported with instruments and music. An opera seria is a more serious type of opera and was popular in Itally. 2. The main difference is that a recitative includes more talking, and actors or actresses could have more of a casual exchange with talking involved, where an aria is more singing. 3. An oratorio is a includes instruments, a choir, and soloists and includes many of the same characteristics of operas. A difference is that an oratorio is always centered

The opera Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera was conducted by Pablo Heras Casado. The three principal singers were Piotr Beczala as the Duke, Zeljko Lucic as Rigoletto and Olga Peretyatko as Gilda. This being my first opera, I was surprised by how large and grandiose the house was, which is in sharp contrast to my typical experience when I see musicals.The production decided to place a modern twist on the setting of the opera, rather than the original setting of 16th century Italy, the story is

According to R. Wagner opera does not mean so much a musical work, as a musical, poetical, and spectacular work all at once; opera is the work par excellence, to the production of which all the arts are necessary (Sutherland, 1). " Opera starts not with music but with its literary source (story or plot), whether it be history, biography, fiction, or mythology in the form of poem, play, drama, novel, or original libretto"(Knapp 6). Opera is a combination of mangled drama, the singers, the music

plays, the actors on stage do not speak their lines they sing them! Opera is the combination of drama and music. Like drama, opera embraces the entire spectrum of theatrical elements: dialogue, acting, costumes, scenery and action, but it is the sum of all these elements, combined with music, which defines the art form called opera. Operatic dramas are usually serious, but there are several comic operas and funny scenes in tragic operas. The music is usually complicated and difficult to sing well. Only

played by the orchestra much in the same way as a musical. What makes an opera different to a musical is that the singers are unamplified by microphones and the orchestra is much larger and plays entirely live. The main characters are sung by 'principals' who are often guest artists who work freelance and perform with different opera companies. The Chorus includes twenty female and twenty males singers who, depending on the opera, either commentate on the main action or on occasion take the story forward

Phantom of the Opera has been around for longer than I can recall, being the musical to talk about among my family as something grand. When I was the age of only fourteen I received the honor of performing the musical for the first time, although I had to learn a great deal about the script for that performance, the history behind The Phantom of the Opera is not clear to me. So I started my research their tied to the original piece. Phantom of the opera.com gave a timeline that had the background

The Austin Opera did an outstanding performance of Bizet’s “Carmen”, on Thursday night, played at The Long Center of the Performing Arts. Carmen is an Opera by French composer Georges Bizet, who died suddenly months after Carmen’s debut in Paris 1875. Bizet was a composer during the romantic era, although he has other works Carmen is his most successful work and is frequently performed in the world of operas. I don’t remember the last time I attended an opera but it was probably 10 years ago for

century Opera was seen as the epitome of music in the Baroque era as it combined intense emotions, serious drama, elaborate staging and costumes as well as it’s beautiful singers (Opera Divas). Opera Divas were the rock-stars of the era and were adored by many noblemen and women, as well as the lower classes but how did they reach this level of fame? I will be delving deeper into 17th century opera and focus on the beginnings and development of opera and the rise (and fall) of two popular opera divas

On May 5th I went to the Opera in Disquise. They had two operas, one was named Le Jeu de l’Amour et du Hasard and the second was named II campanello. I noticed that the musics pitch was based on the emotion of the music. The music goes with the facial expressions. A happy expression would have happy music and sad with sad music. The music would harmonize with the singing. The music also matches the story. The orchestra had many instruments but the flute really stood out to me when surprised, happy

is that of a classical/opera solo vocalist. Opera Singers perform pieces that combine a libretto and a musical score accompanied by an orchestra. Classical Singers are categorised by their voice range, usually as soprano, alto/contralto, tenor, baritone, and bass and all usually perform in concerts or operas. Classical Singers may also perform in concerts, theatres, and even on the radio and television. To get experience, mezzo-soprano Bergen Baker suggests aspiring Opera Singers “do as many performances

Before the opera started, I can hear the tuning sound of the orchestra, especially the sounds of the string instruments. After tuning, there was a short silent drama on the stage. After the short silent drama, the first part of the whole opera was introducing ‘The Bagger’s Opera’ to the audience. The actors and actresses entered into the stage with singing. Because each of the actors and actresses came into the opposite side of the auditorium, the song sounded like a troll (like Josquin’s Motet,

defines opera in his text, A Short History of Opera, as “a drama in music: a dramatic action, exhibited on stage with scenery by actors in costume, the words conveyed entirely or for the most part by singing, and the whole sustained and amplified by orchestral music” (4). A literal translation of the word opera is simply work, and although the term opera was not coined until 1634, one of the first known operas was performed in 1597 (Grout 1). Grout explains that there are two types of opera. The first

to attending the concert Swingin’ In The Opera House at Moores Opera House, I had very little experience attending concerts. Aside from few band performances I attended back in middle and elementary school, I was never exposed to the world of concerts and performances. Going into this concert, I was expecting great things since it was my first college concert. To my expectations, everything seemed perfect when I first walked in. The lighting of the opera house was set just right and I could see all

Opera buffa or “buffoon” opera, the opposite of opera seria, was not introduced in opera houses until the late eighteenth century. In contrast with opera seria, opera buffa did not serve to trouble the audience, but instead, it was created to promote a feeling of happiness. Characters who performed the opera buffa style had to be funny and encourage laughter in the audience while simultaneously singing. This took incredibly skilled individuals to be able to successfully accomplish this goal. In order

leitmotif that can be heard in the opening of the opera can be described as longing. The notes are drawn out and sound unhappy and there is this sense of anticipation. Through my skipping about in this opera I have deduced that this leitmotif can be found through the entire opera, at least the drawn out and unhappy notes can, especially towards the end. The romantic era style operas differed from that of the baroque style in that the romantic operas emphasized emotions in a far superior way. This emphasis

Don Giovanni is a three-hour long opera composed by Mozart and scripted by Da Ponte that had its premiere in Prague in 1787 (the final version premiered in Vienna in 1788). It is and it has always been highly popular, as it stands now as the 10th most performed opera in history1 and it is notorious for its smooth superposition of comical and tragical elements as well as for its appealing redesign of Don Juan2 as an embodiment of freedom (as shown by his refusal to adhere to social norms and his arrogant

It is frequently stated that opera is a dying, if not dead, artform: irrelevant to the cultural scene of the twenty-first century (Morris, 2003). However, it is arguable that much of what society rejects comes from a learnt sense of prejudice or lack of education and exposure (Murphy Paul, 1998). In response to this, it becomes important to understand the relevance of operatic themes and the techniques in which they are presented in order to challenge the mass perceptions of outdatedness. Similarly

The Metropolitan Opera is an association steeped in fine musical history. It has presented some of the greatest operas of all time, and its standards are among the highest of classical music organizations. The Met, as it is commonly called, is one of the premier opera stages in the world and has helped many great singers find fame and discovery. Moreover, it is also one of the largest opera stages in the world. This leading opera company has an astounding history of artistic and musical stature.

The opera Rinaldo by George Fredric Handel is one of Handel’s earliest most successful works. This case study aims at discovering more about the different contexts of the opera, the structure, and the performances of Rinaldo. The context around Rinaldo is important as it can examine the environment around the time of the composition and the relationship that Handel had with the patrons, performers, librettists, audiences, and publishers. The compositional elements that Handel used in Rinaldo as well

400 Years of Opera: Journal When I began reading 400 Years of Opera, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Of course, I assumed it would cover what we went over in the first day of class with a little added extra, but I am surprised with how much I learned within fourteen pages. I did not know opera had so many inspirations and models it fitted before evolving into what it is today! While studying the novel, I was shocked (and a little horrified) when going over mysteries. Although accuracy is important