Opera

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

After I watched Carmen, what impressed me the most is Ms.Garanča’s performance and the music of this opera. I think the music wonderfully shapes principal’s personality and Ms.Garanča’s performance made Carmen more vivid. She performed this opera in The Metropolitan Opera in 2010. In the first act, when Ms.Garanča sang "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle", I can tell Carmen’s charm and uninhibited personality. She knows that she is very attractive to men, so she is very confident about herself

On April 10th, 11th, and 12th, Anchorage Opera performed a modernized rendition of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s last opera; The Magic Flute (1791). The cast consisted of quite a few local performers as well as guest appearances from acclaimed artists such as Branch Fields and Michael Scarcelle. On the 11th, I attended the evening production accompanied by my music “hating” (her words, not mine) mother. She was such a good sport until we found ourselves in the balcony seating of the Discovery Theatre

The Historical Voices of Opera: From 1500 century to new Milieumn For over thousands of years, Opera has become one of the greatest musical forms. By early 1600’s, Opera has made a major expansion all over Europe. Many singers were very skillful and challenged of any vocal genre. Also, by this time the audience didn’t just come and see actors/actress play theatrical roles, they wanted to hear the sweet sound of the leading voices. Mostly, the high vocal range parts stole the show. Between 1590

recording of an opera is an altogether different beast, than seeing one in person. While you can get a sense of the music and the style behind a piece from a recording, there is something special about hearing it performed in person. Feeling the vibrations of the voices and orchestra, observing the characters moving on stage, the variable highs and lows of every different performance; all combine to form an experience vastly more complex and nuanced than simply listening to a recording.The opera I saw was

In the play, the Phantom of the Opera, the actors show expression through their voice (lyrical and vocal aspects), and physical actions towards each other. The Phantom’s voice uses his voice to his advantage in the play. First, instead of singing the whole thing, he expresses and brings out words in the form of whispering, a casual talking voice, or shouting them. Lyrically, the Phantom expresses his longing for Christine by choosing meaningful words that would persuade her to join him. Furthermore

The original Carmen opera was set in Spain and was about the defeat of a soldier who was seduced by the intensity of the gypsy known as Carmen. After he deserts his long-time love and quits his military duties, he still loses Carmen’s love, as she fell in love with another man. The soldier then stabs and kills her in a jealous rage. Ramaka was able to adapt this renowned play and transform it into one that politically targets and addresses post-colonial issues in Senegal - such as: government corruption

February 16, 2015 Baroque and Classical Opera: A Comparison Operas are a unique form of entertainment that are typically a written drama piece put to music and performed by instrumentalists and acting singers They became popular in the seventeenth century coming out of the renaissance and into the popularity of Baroque Operas. This eventually shifted the attention to the next type of opera: Classical Operas in the eighteenth century. Each type of opera was adored in Europe because of the stories

most famous operas that are still preformed today. Although most of the Baroque style operas died out and are no longer preformed today they gave us the base and style of the Classical operas that we watch and listen to in this day and age. There are many differences and similarities in these to styles of operas. The similarities come to pass from the Classical opera adopting many of the same styles as the Baroque opera that came before it. As for the differences between these two operas, Baroque operas