Opera Workshop Presents: Speed Dating Tonight! an opera in one act
... Michael Ching is a composer, conductor, songwriter and arts administrator. His new opera, Speed Dating Tonight! received its premiere this summer at the Janiec Opera of the Brevard Music Center. In addition to Ithaca, in 2013-14, it will play at Amarillo Opera, Southern Utah University, University o ...
... Michael Ching is a composer, conductor, songwriter and arts administrator. His new opera, Speed Dating Tonight! received its premiere this summer at the Janiec Opera of the Brevard Music Center. In addition to Ithaca, in 2013-14, it will play at Amarillo Opera, Southern Utah University, University o ...
Noa Frenkel CV ENG August 2014
... delle novizie in Puccini’s Suor Angelica with the Bochumer Symphoniker, Philip Glass’s Akhnaten in Rotterdam, the Madrigal Opera La Barca with the Nationale Reisopera in Holland and Belgium and a new production of Zaide/Adama at Theater Bremen. Frenkel has appeared with Baroque ensembles such as Les ...
... delle novizie in Puccini’s Suor Angelica with the Bochumer Symphoniker, Philip Glass’s Akhnaten in Rotterdam, the Madrigal Opera La Barca with the Nationale Reisopera in Holland and Belgium and a new production of Zaide/Adama at Theater Bremen. Frenkel has appeared with Baroque ensembles such as Les ...
Operas
... Opera is the subject of a disproportionate share of the musical fine arts questions in quiz bowl because the genre is more conducive to the verbal nature of the game than instrumental music. The big difference, of course, is that operas have stories and characters that can be easily described by wor ...
... Opera is the subject of a disproportionate share of the musical fine arts questions in quiz bowl because the genre is more conducive to the verbal nature of the game than instrumental music. The big difference, of course, is that operas have stories and characters that can be easily described by wor ...
6 MUSIC IN OUR LIFE Objectives - Kitob 1-DIMI
... 1. Make groups. Hand out tests. While pupils are discussing the questions, teacher walks around, help with the vocabulary and correct mistakes. 2. Giving marks to pupils: announce pupils` marks and put them in their daybooks. ...
... 1. Make groups. Hand out tests. While pupils are discussing the questions, teacher walks around, help with the vocabulary and correct mistakes. 2. Giving marks to pupils: announce pupils` marks and put them in their daybooks. ...
Musical Toronto | Tonigh...rom Toy Piano Composers
... One Response to Tonight: Small-scale opera with big, ...
... One Response to Tonight: Small-scale opera with big, ...
20+ productions in the first three years Video Samples
... Smaller productions cut some dates or have the cast sing multiple arias. The orchestration is more complex and requires an additional fee. Since it is set in a contemporary bar, things like tables, chairs, tablecloths, and glasses are easily pulled from stock. Costumes can be collaborated on by the ...
... Smaller productions cut some dates or have the cast sing multiple arias. The orchestration is more complex and requires an additional fee. Since it is set in a contemporary bar, things like tables, chairs, tablecloths, and glasses are easily pulled from stock. Costumes can be collaborated on by the ...
Music in the 20th Century
... Influenced by Jazz. Later music in Neo-Classical style (Pulcinella) Wrote a Mass and an opera called, The Rake’s Progress Started writing music for films. Twelve-tone music included an elegy for JFK, and a Requiem (in anticipation of his own death). Highly rhythmic, unusual orchestration, original h ...
... Influenced by Jazz. Later music in Neo-Classical style (Pulcinella) Wrote a Mass and an opera called, The Rake’s Progress Started writing music for films. Twelve-tone music included an elegy for JFK, and a Requiem (in anticipation of his own death). Highly rhythmic, unusual orchestration, original h ...
Music in the 20th Century
... Influenced by Jazz. Later music in Neo-Classical style (Pulcinella) Wrote a Mass and an opera called, The Rake’s Progress Started writing music for films. Twelve-tone music included an elegy for JFK, and a Requiem (in anticipation of his own death). Highly rhythmic, unusual orchestration, original h ...
... Influenced by Jazz. Later music in Neo-Classical style (Pulcinella) Wrote a Mass and an opera called, The Rake’s Progress Started writing music for films. Twelve-tone music included an elegy for JFK, and a Requiem (in anticipation of his own death). Highly rhythmic, unusual orchestration, original h ...
The Romantic Era - Cleveden Secondary School
... prolific composer of opera from France. Two of his operas remain popular today – The Pearl Fishers and Carmen, which includes the famous Toreadors’ Song and Habanera. Wagner was the principal opera composer of the Romantic period. His compositions are notable for their rich chromaticism, harmonies a ...
... prolific composer of opera from France. Two of his operas remain popular today – The Pearl Fishers and Carmen, which includes the famous Toreadors’ Song and Habanera. Wagner was the principal opera composer of the Romantic period. His compositions are notable for their rich chromaticism, harmonies a ...
Carl Maria von Weber Grand Duo Concertant in Eb, Op 48
... husband of Constanza Weber, Carl's cousin. Though no Mozart, Carl Weber had an extensive and diverse influence over musical life at the start of the Romantic period. Wagner, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mahler, Glinka, Stravinsky, Berlioz and Debussy admired his orchestral and operatic writing, and, as a con ...
... husband of Constanza Weber, Carl's cousin. Though no Mozart, Carl Weber had an extensive and diverse influence over musical life at the start of the Romantic period. Wagner, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mahler, Glinka, Stravinsky, Berlioz and Debussy admired his orchestral and operatic writing, and, as a con ...
vienna gala program - Columbia Artists Management Inc.
... violin teacher was Antonín Bennewitz, but was advised by Antonín Dvořák to focus on composing music. After graduation in 1899 he joined his father's band in Vienna, as assistant bandmaster. In 1902 he became conductor at the historic Vienna Theater an der Wien, where his first opera Wiener Frauen wa ...
... violin teacher was Antonín Bennewitz, but was advised by Antonín Dvořák to focus on composing music. After graduation in 1899 he joined his father's band in Vienna, as assistant bandmaster. In 1902 he became conductor at the historic Vienna Theater an der Wien, where his first opera Wiener Frauen wa ...
Georges Bizet (1838
... grand opera, "Rienzi," and the tragedy, "Der Fliegende Holländer."
... grand opera, "Rienzi," and the tragedy, "Der Fliegende Holländer."
The success of "Rienzi" led to Wagner's appointment as music director in Dresden. More successes followed with "Tannhäuser" in 1845 and "Lohengrin" in 1850. However, at the same time, Wagner became involved with political radi ...
Bios - Majel Connery
... the University of California, Berkeley. Connery’s scholarly work aims to unite the more abstract concerns of musicology with the pragmatic realities of contemporary staging practice. She holds a Ph.D. in musicology and an M.A, in ethnomusicology from the University of Chicago, where she studied unde ...
... the University of California, Berkeley. Connery’s scholarly work aims to unite the more abstract concerns of musicology with the pragmatic realities of contemporary staging practice. She holds a Ph.D. in musicology and an M.A, in ethnomusicology from the University of Chicago, where she studied unde ...
Secular vocal music
... • It became the favorite opera genre of the Classicism. • Spoken dialogs and normal characters. • The main composer was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) with The Marriage of Figaro, written in Italian, and The Magic Flute, written in German and, therefore, example of ...
... • It became the favorite opera genre of the Classicism. • Spoken dialogs and normal characters. • The main composer was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) with The Marriage of Figaro, written in Italian, and The Magic Flute, written in German and, therefore, example of ...
The Early Classical Period
... Also the name of the theater where opéras comiques were staged Later, dramatic stories such as Rescue Operas were staged there because they contained spoken dialogue Ballad Operas became popular in England as interest in Italian operas declined. Spoken dialogue mixed with arias based on simple popul ...
... Also the name of the theater where opéras comiques were staged Later, dramatic stories such as Rescue Operas were staged there because they contained spoken dialogue Ballad Operas became popular in England as interest in Italian operas declined. Spoken dialogue mixed with arias based on simple popul ...
bel canto - WFS-IB-MUSIC
... • supported Italian liberation movement • coaxed out of retirement for last two operas • all Italy mourned his death at age 88 ...
... • supported Italian liberation movement • coaxed out of retirement for last two operas • all Italy mourned his death at age 88 ...
Kenton Coe (continued) - Magazine for the Arts
... literature. But to a living composer, they have also brought challenge and encouragement to my continued creative output.” ...
... literature. But to a living composer, they have also brought challenge and encouragement to my continued creative output.” ...
EVOLUTION OF OPERA How has opera changed throughout the
... that opera is the term used for the dramatic works for the actors singing their parts, whether it is some, or all that has been put together differently throughout the years and in different countries although the music plays the dominant role. It can also be defined as a rather long and dramatic co ...
... that opera is the term used for the dramatic works for the actors singing their parts, whether it is some, or all that has been put together differently throughout the years and in different countries although the music plays the dominant role. It can also be defined as a rather long and dramatic co ...
Early Romantic Midterm Study
... Who composed Stabat Mater (ch. 26)? Who composed chamber music using themes from his songs (ch. 26)? Who composed an octet for strings at age 16? Who continued to promote the works of Robert Schumann after his death? Whose music did Felix Mendelssohn help revive through large performances? True or F ...
... Who composed Stabat Mater (ch. 26)? Who composed chamber music using themes from his songs (ch. 26)? Who composed an octet for strings at age 16? Who continued to promote the works of Robert Schumann after his death? Whose music did Felix Mendelssohn help revive through large performances? True or F ...
Flyer - Opera Guild of Rochester
... onstage murder. But Bizet was also extremely self-critical and had difficulty finding his artistic way. Many of his fine compositions were never finished, among them several operas, and others were never performed or staged during his lifetime. Although he enjoyed some moderate successes, such as Th ...
... onstage murder. But Bizet was also extremely self-critical and had difficulty finding his artistic way. Many of his fine compositions were never finished, among them several operas, and others were never performed or staged during his lifetime. Although he enjoyed some moderate successes, such as Th ...
Class Notes for Session 8
... So the first opera composers combined elements that already existed to produce a dramatic work that was sung throughout. The Social History of Opera The original Florentine Camerata productions were private performances in someone's palace, and this was how it went for about 40 years. The aristocrac ...
... So the first opera composers combined elements that already existed to produce a dramatic work that was sung throughout. The Social History of Opera The original Florentine Camerata productions were private performances in someone's palace, and this was how it went for about 40 years. The aristocrac ...
The Classic Era
... They gradually achieved independence from opera and were played in a concert setting. The symphony was gradually extended to a fourmovement scheme. 1st=fast and serious, 2nd=slow and lyrical, 3rd=graceful and moderate in tempo, 4th=very fast and lively. The orchestra included strings, woodwinds, and ...
... They gradually achieved independence from opera and were played in a concert setting. The symphony was gradually extended to a fourmovement scheme. 1st=fast and serious, 2nd=slow and lyrical, 3rd=graceful and moderate in tempo, 4th=very fast and lively. The orchestra included strings, woodwinds, and ...
Opera Introduction
... Jacopo Peri (1561-1633), whose opera Dafne, based on a Greek myth, was performed in 1594 and is regarded as the first opera. Operas continue to be composed today. Operas are divided into scenes and acts that contain different types of vocal pieces for one or many singers. An aria is a vocal solo tha ...
... Jacopo Peri (1561-1633), whose opera Dafne, based on a Greek myth, was performed in 1594 and is regarded as the first opera. Operas continue to be composed today. Operas are divided into scenes and acts that contain different types of vocal pieces for one or many singers. An aria is a vocal solo tha ...
History of Opera
... • Natural law/rights/improving the human condition • Expression of emotions in a natural way ...
... • Natural law/rights/improving the human condition • Expression of emotions in a natural way ...
Opera in German
Opera in German is the opera of the German-speaking countries. These include Germany, Austria, and the German states that preceded those countries.German-language opera appeared remarkably quickly after the birth of opera itself in Italy. The first Italian opera was Jacopo Peri's Dafne of 1598. In 1627, Heinrich Schütz provided the music for a German translation of the same libretto. Yet during much of the 17th and 18th centuries German-language opera would struggle to emerge from the shadow of its Italian-language rival, with leading German-born composers such as Handel and Gluck opting to work in foreign traditions such as opera seria.Some Baroque composers, such as Reinhard Keiser, did try to challenge Italian dominance, and the theatre principal Abel Seyler became an eager promoter of German opera in the 1770s, but it was only with the appearance of Mozart that a lasting tradition of serious German-language opera was established. Mozart took the simple, popular genre of Singspiel and turned it into something far more sophisticated. Beethoven followed his example with the idealistic Fidelio; and with Der Freischütz of 1821, Weber established a uniquely German form of opera under the influence of Romanticism. Weber's innovations were eclipsed by those of Richard Wagner, one of the most revolutionary and controversial figures in musical history. Wagner strove to achieve his ideal of opera as ""music drama"", eliminating all distinction between aria and recitative, employing a complex web of leitmotifs and vastly increasing the power and richness of the orchestra. Wagner also drew on Germanic mythology in his huge operatic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen.After Wagner, opera could never be the same again, so great was his influence. The most successful of his followers was Richard Strauss. Opera flourished in German-speaking lands in the early 20th century in the hands of figures such as Hindemith, Busoni and Kurt Weill until Adolf Hitler's seizure of power forced many composers into silence or exile. After World War II young opera writers were inspired by the example of Schoenberg and Berg who had pioneered modernist techniques such as atonality and serialism in the earlier decades of the century. Composers at work in the field of opera today include Hans Werner Henze.As the names of Mozart, Weber, Wagner, Richard Strauss and Berg indicate, Germany and Austria have one of the strongest operatic traditions in European culture. This is also evidenced by the large number of opera houses, particularly in Germany where almost every major city has its own theatre for staging such works, as well as internationally renowned operatic events such as the Salzburg Music Festival.