Winter 2009 - Canadian Actors` Equity Association
... then I got to the back of the opera agreement. There were 23 (!!!) pages of print so small I had to fetch my reading glasses – listing the roles in 343 different operas. Here was a list of titles, many of which were completely unfamiliar to me. It is truly a humbling experience to be confronted with ...
... then I got to the back of the opera agreement. There were 23 (!!!) pages of print so small I had to fetch my reading glasses – listing the roles in 343 different operas. Here was a list of titles, many of which were completely unfamiliar to me. It is truly a humbling experience to be confronted with ...
Haskell Rosenberg - Opera Guild of Rochester
... Giacomo Puccini was accustomed to attending his premieres by himself. It must have been very lonely leaving the triumphs of the openings of Manon Lescaut, La Bohème and Tosca without the company of family and friends, but Puccini wanted it that way. He didn’t want to risk subjecting his loved ones t ...
... Giacomo Puccini was accustomed to attending his premieres by himself. It must have been very lonely leaving the triumphs of the openings of Manon Lescaut, La Bohème and Tosca without the company of family and friends, but Puccini wanted it that way. He didn’t want to risk subjecting his loved ones t ...
The Threepenny Opera Lecture
... attention to the link between the text’s defamiliarisation of dramatic discourse and its presentation of role play. The opening scene of The Threepenny Opera, with its sardonic presentation of the rhetoric of woe, is built around the notion that acting involves a distanced display of behavioural att ...
... attention to the link between the text’s defamiliarisation of dramatic discourse and its presentation of role play. The opening scene of The Threepenny Opera, with its sardonic presentation of the rhetoric of woe, is built around the notion that acting involves a distanced display of behavioural att ...
- Montclair State University
... While formal presentations of material in a clear and organized manner are essential for distributing information, the student can really only begin to fully understand the material after they are actually working with the ideas themselves. The responsibility to learn is placed upon each individual ...
... While formal presentations of material in a clear and organized manner are essential for distributing information, the student can really only begin to fully understand the material after they are actually working with the ideas themselves. The responsibility to learn is placed upon each individual ...
Bibliography Ahlquist, Karen. Democracy at the Opera: Music
... Group UK, Limited, 1989. Bickerstaff, Isaac (text) and Charles Dibdin. The Padlock, A Comic Opera, as it is Perform’d by His Majesty’s Servants, at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane. (1768). London: Printed for W. Griffin at Garrick’s Head in Catherine Street, Strand. Also, New York: Published by Char ...
... Group UK, Limited, 1989. Bickerstaff, Isaac (text) and Charles Dibdin. The Padlock, A Comic Opera, as it is Perform’d by His Majesty’s Servants, at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane. (1768). London: Printed for W. Griffin at Garrick’s Head in Catherine Street, Strand. Also, New York: Published by Char ...
January 25 - Metropolitan Opera
... told with the force of primal myth. The opera is based on the highly influential short story of the same name by Sicilian writer Giovanni Verga, which created a sensation with its straightforward yet evocative prose so radically different from the flowery, dense style that had been common in Italian ...
... told with the force of primal myth. The opera is based on the highly influential short story of the same name by Sicilian writer Giovanni Verga, which created a sensation with its straightforward yet evocative prose so radically different from the flowery, dense style that had been common in Italian ...
The Magic Flute
... In 1780 he was commissioned to write an opera, Idomeneo, which was a great success. He followed with The Abduction from the Seraglio and went on to write Don Giovanni, Cosi fan Tutte, La Clemenza di Tito and The Magic Flute, as well as a Requiem. His operas have always been among the most popular in ...
... In 1780 he was commissioned to write an opera, Idomeneo, which was a great success. He followed with The Abduction from the Seraglio and went on to write Don Giovanni, Cosi fan Tutte, La Clemenza di Tito and The Magic Flute, as well as a Requiem. His operas have always been among the most popular in ...
Opera Etiquette - Edmonton Opera
... voices). The function of the chorus in these early works was to comment on the action, just as the Greek chorus did thousands of years before. Opera has flourished throughout the world as a vehicle for the expression of the full range of human emotions. Italian composers like Giuseppe Verdi and late ...
... voices). The function of the chorus in these early works was to comment on the action, just as the Greek chorus did thousands of years before. Opera has flourished throughout the world as a vehicle for the expression of the full range of human emotions. Italian composers like Giuseppe Verdi and late ...
vignettes in early nineteenth-century london
... There are no copies of any part of Group E " in the Music Library. Items marked with an asterisk in the above list lack any illustrated title-page. The watermark dates show that in groups [B] and [D] all the parts for Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and La clemenza di Tito are of the first or an e ...
... There are no copies of any part of Group E " in the Music Library. Items marked with an asterisk in the above list lack any illustrated title-page. The watermark dates show that in groups [B] and [D] all the parts for Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and La clemenza di Tito are of the first or an e ...
Madama Butterfly: Classroom Guide
... the always-entertaining “Opera Talks” for free at every MOT opera performance, an hour before curtain. In them, he gives his thoughts on the music, tells the story of the opera, and plays excerpts of his favorite singers’ recordings. We caught up with the venerable Dr. Peace in his opera library at ...
... the always-entertaining “Opera Talks” for free at every MOT opera performance, an hour before curtain. In them, he gives his thoughts on the music, tells the story of the opera, and plays excerpts of his favorite singers’ recordings. We caught up with the venerable Dr. Peace in his opera library at ...
A Room with a View - MSU College of Music
... One of the most exciting developments in the world of opera is the absolute explosion of new American opera. Almost every American company is now commissioning and presenting new works every season. MSU recently had a visit from Darren Woods, director of Forth Worth Opera and one of the most prolifi ...
... One of the most exciting developments in the world of opera is the absolute explosion of new American opera. Almost every American company is now commissioning and presenting new works every season. MSU recently had a visit from Darren Woods, director of Forth Worth Opera and one of the most prolifi ...
Faculty Publications List - Oxford University Faculty of Music
... phase (a listing of the related musical material) is due to begin this coming summer. Phase 1 of the database, which will be hosted by the Bodleian Library’s Oxford Digital Library, appears in November 2013. ...
... phase (a listing of the related musical material) is due to begin this coming summer. Phase 1 of the database, which will be hosted by the Bodleian Library’s Oxford Digital Library, appears in November 2013. ...
File - Royal Northern College of Music
... Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the College is delighted to announce that this production’s stage set and costumes will be designed by RADA postgraduate student Velin Edrov. The RNCM Opera Orchestra will be conducted by Roger Hamilton, who will be assisted by Carlos del Cueto, a current Junior Fellow ...
... Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the College is delighted to announce that this production’s stage set and costumes will be designed by RADA postgraduate student Velin Edrov. The RNCM Opera Orchestra will be conducted by Roger Hamilton, who will be assisted by Carlos del Cueto, a current Junior Fellow ...
JDWigsandMake-upApril2016FINAL
... The Royal Opera House (www.roh.org.uk) is one of the most famous stages in the world for opera and ballet. The iconic theatre is home to The Royal Ballet, The Royal Opera and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera. Last year we staged 519 performances, performing to 1.5 million people at our home theatre ...
... The Royal Opera House (www.roh.org.uk) is one of the most famous stages in the world for opera and ballet. The iconic theatre is home to The Royal Ballet, The Royal Opera and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera. Last year we staged 519 performances, performing to 1.5 million people at our home theatre ...
Faust - Toledo Opera
... Opera is a theatrical drama or comedy told in music through powerful, unamplified voices. Opera combines several art forms—vocal and instrumental music, theater, drama, visual art and often dance—into one complete theatrical experience. When successfully produced, an opera’s directing, singing, acti ...
... Opera is a theatrical drama or comedy told in music through powerful, unamplified voices. Opera combines several art forms—vocal and instrumental music, theater, drama, visual art and often dance—into one complete theatrical experience. When successfully produced, an opera’s directing, singing, acti ...
2012-13 Season Brochure
... The secret to the success of these presentations lays in the fact that Mr. Capasso and his performers never resort to over-simplification. After each performance the children participate in a lively exchange with the singers and crew and are able to ask questions about what they’ve just seen and how ...
... The secret to the success of these presentations lays in the fact that Mr. Capasso and his performers never resort to over-simplification. After each performance the children participate in a lively exchange with the singers and crew and are able to ask questions about what they’ve just seen and how ...
MusicTeachers.co.uk History Resources An overview of Dramatic
... For Calypso and Telemachus, Hughes turned to a Hanoverian oboist, Ernst Galliard (ca. 1687-1749), who had come to England in around 1706. Calypso was not a success; this is possibly due to several reasons: primarily Galliard was weak as a composer, but the spectacle London audiences were expecting o ...
... For Calypso and Telemachus, Hughes turned to a Hanoverian oboist, Ernst Galliard (ca. 1687-1749), who had come to England in around 1706. Calypso was not a success; this is possibly due to several reasons: primarily Galliard was weak as a composer, but the spectacle London audiences were expecting o ...
Die Walkure - Virginia Opera
... was eliminated – the orchestral music kept flowing, taking the listener deeper and deeper into Wagner’ s world. In order to heighten the musical and dramatic unity and thus the power of this music dramas, Wagner stated that all the elements of the work – text, music, costumes, sets, lighting, stage ...
... was eliminated – the orchestral music kept flowing, taking the listener deeper and deeper into Wagner’ s world. In order to heighten the musical and dramatic unity and thus the power of this music dramas, Wagner stated that all the elements of the work – text, music, costumes, sets, lighting, stage ...
Season Brochure - Opera San Jose
... of happiness, success, and intimacy. When real loss is inconceivable…until it is unavoidable, with La bohème. Please join us for a series of wonderfully engaging works of art. They will be lovingly produced and performed by inspired singers and conductors, and beautifully staged by committed directo ...
... of happiness, success, and intimacy. When real loss is inconceivable…until it is unavoidable, with La bohème. Please join us for a series of wonderfully engaging works of art. They will be lovingly produced and performed by inspired singers and conductors, and beautifully staged by committed directo ...
P R O G R A M M E S U m m E r 2 0 1 5
... With members of the GNO Ballet and members of the Dance School This is the third season in a row that the Opera encounters Fashion. Il sogno (i.e. The Dream) is the title of this season's production, based on a concept of the journalist Isma Toulatos, who also has the overall supervision of this pro ...
... With members of the GNO Ballet and members of the Dance School This is the third season in a row that the Opera encounters Fashion. Il sogno (i.e. The Dream) is the title of this season's production, based on a concept of the journalist Isma Toulatos, who also has the overall supervision of this pro ...
Early studies on opera in eighteenth-century Brazil
... in the late 1810s does not diverge essentially from a handful of acrimonious, when not puritane remarks by European travelers. Writing about theatre and music in Bahia and Rio de Janeiro in the early nineteenth-century, Louis François de Tollenare, Ferdinand Denis, and Victor Jacquemont mentioned pi ...
... in the late 1810s does not diverge essentially from a handful of acrimonious, when not puritane remarks by European travelers. Writing about theatre and music in Bahia and Rio de Janeiro in the early nineteenth-century, Louis François de Tollenare, Ferdinand Denis, and Victor Jacquemont mentioned pi ...
European Opera Days accessible everywhere The 9th
... with audiences through different channels. Opera should be experienced ‘live’ – nothing compares with the theatre experience. Sitespecific performances have proved that unusual settings can enhance it. Audiences are curious to discover a building and its inner workings – from front of house to ...
... with audiences through different channels. Opera should be experienced ‘live’ – nothing compares with the theatre experience. Sitespecific performances have proved that unusual settings can enhance it. Audiences are curious to discover a building and its inner workings – from front of house to ...
Program Notes - Metropolitan Opera
... works, and Berlioz’s “dramatic legend” The Damnation of Faust would eventually, at the century’s end, be adapted for the operatic stage (and performed by the Met in 1906). As early as 1827, the subject turned up on the Parisian theatrical scene, in the form of a Faust play with a trivialized plot an ...
... works, and Berlioz’s “dramatic legend” The Damnation of Faust would eventually, at the century’s end, be adapted for the operatic stage (and performed by the Met in 1906). As early as 1827, the subject turned up on the Parisian theatrical scene, in the form of a Faust play with a trivialized plot an ...
Identity of Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera
... For nearly two hundred years Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa has been the main Polish opera and ballet stage. The building, designed by the Italian architect Antonio Corazzi, was erected in the years 1825-1833. Since then it has been reconstructed on several occasions. During the siege of Warsaw in 19 ...
... For nearly two hundred years Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa has been the main Polish opera and ballet stage. The building, designed by the Italian architect Antonio Corazzi, was erected in the years 1825-1833. Since then it has been reconstructed on several occasions. During the siege of Warsaw in 19 ...
PROTOTYPE 2016: OPERA/THEATRE/NOW
... composers and their collaborators through the commission, development, and production of their work, taking the form of opera-theatre, music-theatre, and multi-media concert works. Relying on the core values of collaboration, exploration, experimentation, artistry, and excellence, BMP provides a nur ...
... composers and their collaborators through the commission, development, and production of their work, taking the form of opera-theatre, music-theatre, and multi-media concert works. Relying on the core values of collaboration, exploration, experimentation, artistry, and excellence, BMP provides a nur ...
Opera
Opera /ˈɒprə/ (Italian: [ˈɔːpera]; English plural: operas; Italian plural: opere [ˈɔːpere]) is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (libretto) and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble.Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition. It started in Italy at the end of the 16th century (with Jacopo Peri's lost Dafne, produced in Florence in 1598) and soon spread through the rest of Europe: Schütz in Germany, Lully in France, and Purcell in England all helped to establish their national traditions in the 17th century. In the 18th century, Italian opera continued to dominate most of Europe (except France), attracting foreign composers such as Handel. Opera seria was the most prestigious form of Italian opera, until Gluck reacted against its artificiality with his ""reform"" operas in the 1760s. Today the most renowned figure of late 18th century opera is Mozart, who began with opera seria but is most famous for his Italian comic operas, especially The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze Di Figaro), Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte, as well as The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte), a landmark in the German tradition.The first third of the 19th century saw the high point of the bel canto style, with Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini all creating works that are still performed today. It also saw the advent of Grand Opera typified by the works of Auber and Meyerbeer. The mid-to-late 19th century was a ""golden age"" of opera, led and dominated by Wagner in Germany and Verdi in Italy. The popularity of opera continued through the verismo era in Italy and contemporary French opera through to Puccini and Strauss in the early 20th century. During the 19th century, parallel operatic traditions emerged in central and eastern Europe, particularly in Russia and Bohemia. The 20th century saw many experiments with modern styles, such as atonality and serialism (Schoenberg and Berg), Neoclassicism (Stravinsky), and Minimalism (Philip Glass and John Adams). With the rise of recording technology, singers such as Enrico Caruso became known to audiences beyond the circle of opera fans. Operas were also performed on (and written for) radio and television.