HolIStIc ExpErIEncE of opErA And tHE InternatIonal opera theater (Iot)
... Barbara Bonney (b. 1956) describes the spiritual magic of a performance of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss during the Vienna State Opera’s tour of Japan in 1994: [I]t took off in such a magical way that we all felt that this is it. Now we can all be run over by a truck because we have described ...
... Barbara Bonney (b. 1956) describes the spiritual magic of a performance of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss during the Vienna State Opera’s tour of Japan in 1994: [I]t took off in such a magical way that we all felt that this is it. Now we can all be run over by a truck because we have described ...
Prospero`s Death: Modernism, Anti-humanism and Un re in ascolto
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... undertaken for this article. ...
Nebraska`s Opera Houses - Nebraska State Historical Society
... and toured the productions during the season, which extended from Septem ber through May. There were few such troupes in Nebraska before the 1890s, but more began to appear as opera house managers found it advantageous to bring in a company that would pre sent a different play each night over a ru ...
... and toured the productions during the season, which extended from Septem ber through May. There were few such troupes in Nebraska before the 1890s, but more began to appear as opera house managers found it advantageous to bring in a company that would pre sent a different play each night over a ru ...
iolanta bluebeard`s castle
... nly two decades separate the composition of Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle. Yet during these years, the music of fin-de-siècle Romanticism sounded the last gasps of a philosophy that was rapidly being made obsolete by the efforts of a diverse generation of radical younger composers. That, at least, ...
... nly two decades separate the composition of Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle. Yet during these years, the music of fin-de-siècle Romanticism sounded the last gasps of a philosophy that was rapidly being made obsolete by the efforts of a diverse generation of radical younger composers. That, at least, ...
Why Did Spain Fail To Develop Nationalist Opera?
... To understand the problems with Spain’s musical institutions and their inability to develop a nationalist school of opera, one must begin with Madrid’s Teatro Real, the leading showcase for opera in Spain. (This was a title that, admittedly, was frequently challenged by the Teatro del Liceu in Barce ...
... To understand the problems with Spain’s musical institutions and their inability to develop a nationalist school of opera, one must begin with Madrid’s Teatro Real, the leading showcase for opera in Spain. (This was a title that, admittedly, was frequently challenged by the Teatro del Liceu in Barce ...
The Scorpions` Sting - Canadian Opera Company
... OR LESS! Opera started in the late 16th century in Florence, Italy, at the beginning of the Baroque period of music. The first opera composers took many of their ideas from the ancient Greeks, who combined music and drama to tell a story more effectively. The Greeks also used a chorus to further the ...
... OR LESS! Opera started in the late 16th century in Florence, Italy, at the beginning of the Baroque period of music. The first opera composers took many of their ideas from the ancient Greeks, who combined music and drama to tell a story more effectively. The Greeks also used a chorus to further the ...
Theatrical Hybridity, Thy Name Is Conflict
... it started to transform into a local ballad in Yi-Lan County. Initially, the ballads were sung by men and women in the country or village. Later, the composers of the ballads started to add some plots for the songs, and singers also had acting, makeup, and costumes to enrich the performances. After ...
... it started to transform into a local ballad in Yi-Lan County. Initially, the ballads were sung by men and women in the country or village. Later, the composers of the ballads started to add some plots for the songs, and singers also had acting, makeup, and costumes to enrich the performances. After ...
Study Guide - Manitoba Opera
... The Italian censors found the libretto so shocking that they demanded important changes, particularly the story’s unflattering portrait of King Francis I, which they feared would provoke subversive behavior. To fictionalize the story, the locale was moved to Italy, the King was reduced in rank to a ...
... The Italian censors found the libretto so shocking that they demanded important changes, particularly the story’s unflattering portrait of King Francis I, which they feared would provoke subversive behavior. To fictionalize the story, the locale was moved to Italy, the King was reduced in rank to a ...
Making Opera Work: Bricolage and the
... an opera. There is also a great deal of other work that goes on prior to the rehearsal period: the preparation of costumes and wigs, the construction and painting of scenery, the acquisition and creation of props, the preparation of the programme and the programme notes; and the like. There is a gre ...
... an opera. There is also a great deal of other work that goes on prior to the rehearsal period: the preparation of costumes and wigs, the construction and painting of scenery, the acquisition and creation of props, the preparation of the programme and the programme notes; and the like. There is a gre ...
The Magic Flute - Metropolitan Opera
... death at age 35—is a remarkable combination of musical and dramatic styles, from the earthly to the otherworldly. The story begins as a magical rescue mission, a plot outline that would have been familiar to Viennese audiences of the popular theater, but soon transforms into a fable of enlightenment ...
... death at age 35—is a remarkable combination of musical and dramatic styles, from the earthly to the otherworldly. The story begins as a magical rescue mission, a plot outline that would have been familiar to Viennese audiences of the popular theater, but soon transforms into a fable of enlightenment ...
March 20: Ernani - Metropolitan Opera
... sets designed by Joseph Urban, fared better with audiences, with Gennaro Papi conducting Giovanni Martinelli and the sensational American soprano Rosa Ponselle. Ponselle and Martinelli repeated their success 17 times together throughout the 1920s, but the opera left the repertory again at the end of ...
... sets designed by Joseph Urban, fared better with audiences, with Gennaro Papi conducting Giovanni Martinelli and the sensational American soprano Rosa Ponselle. Ponselle and Martinelli repeated their success 17 times together throughout the 1920s, but the opera left the repertory again at the end of ...
Ariadne auf Naxos
... sheer length, the variety of affects and moods it reflects and the dazzling technical resources of agility and range required to bring it off, it has become the sine qua non of the high soprano repertoire. It would appear that Strauss’s goal was to out-do composers of the bel canto period of opera h ...
... sheer length, the variety of affects and moods it reflects and the dazzling technical resources of agility and range required to bring it off, it has become the sine qua non of the high soprano repertoire. It would appear that Strauss’s goal was to out-do composers of the bel canto period of opera h ...
Turandot - Calgary Opera
... position was held for him by the church in anticipation of his eventual coming of age. Puccini started the operatic trend toward realism with his popular works, which are among the most often performed in opera history. But the fame and fortune that came with such successes as La Bohème, Madama ...
... position was held for him by the church in anticipation of his eventual coming of age. Puccini started the operatic trend toward realism with his popular works, which are among the most often performed in opera history. But the fame and fortune that came with such successes as La Bohème, Madama ...
the genre of national opera in a european comparative perspective
... as the very essence of the nation. From this follows the question of why audiences in various European countries interpreted opera in these ways and imbued it with a specific national meaning. The tendency to classify music (and opera in particular) with national categories was based on the Romantic ...
... as the very essence of the nation. From this follows the question of why audiences in various European countries interpreted opera in these ways and imbued it with a specific national meaning. The tendency to classify music (and opera in particular) with national categories was based on the Romantic ...
THE ROYAL OPERA - 4.48 Psychosis
... was given its premiere at Teatr Polski in Poznań the same year, but was programmed in Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre in 2008 and London’s Barbican in 2010) built a clear dramatic narrative from Kane’s elliptic text. The protagonist was a female experiencing unrequited lesbian love, self-hatred and the i ...
... was given its premiere at Teatr Polski in Poznań the same year, but was programmed in Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre in 2008 and London’s Barbican in 2010) built a clear dramatic narrative from Kane’s elliptic text. The protagonist was a female experiencing unrequited lesbian love, self-hatred and the i ...
Guillaume Tell - Metropolitan Opera
... from the crowd, as he is in love with the Austrian Habsburg princess Mathilde, who is part of the cruel governor Gesler’s court. Arnold saved her from an avalanche and is now torn between his growing love for Mathilde and loyalty to his country. Tell notices his friend’s dilemma and tries to persuad ...
... from the crowd, as he is in love with the Austrian Habsburg princess Mathilde, who is part of the cruel governor Gesler’s court. Arnold saved her from an avalanche and is now torn between his growing love for Mathilde and loyalty to his country. Tell notices his friend’s dilemma and tries to persuad ...
I Puritani - Metropolitan Opera
... In 1833, Bellini moved from Italy to Paris. Intent on writing an opera that would make a splash in the French capital, he took his time finding a librettist and choosing a story for his next work. The librettist he finally picked was the Italian count Carlo Pepoli, whom he likely met at the home of ...
... In 1833, Bellini moved from Italy to Paris. Intent on writing an opera that would make a splash in the French capital, he took his time finding a librettist and choosing a story for his next work. The librettist he finally picked was the Italian count Carlo Pepoli, whom he likely met at the home of ...
FiZZ! TEACHER RESOURCE KIT 2015
... What is opera? The word ‘opera’ is the plural of the Latin word ‘opus’ which means ‘work’ (each piece written by a composer is called an opus). Opera is storytelling; it is like watching a play but instead of speaking, the story is told through singing. You make even look at it as drama through musi ...
... What is opera? The word ‘opera’ is the plural of the Latin word ‘opus’ which means ‘work’ (each piece written by a composer is called an opus). Opera is storytelling; it is like watching a play but instead of speaking, the story is told through singing. You make even look at it as drama through musi ...
03-02-2017 Rusalka.indd
... “the realm of a new, independent art, in short a national style of music,” had inspired him to reconsider his own nation’s art. At first, there came a series of orchestral tone poems based on ballads by the esteemed poet Karel Jaromír Erben. And then there emerged two new operas, The Devil and Kate, ...
... “the realm of a new, independent art, in short a national style of music,” had inspired him to reconsider his own nation’s art. At first, there came a series of orchestral tone poems based on ballads by the esteemed poet Karel Jaromír Erben. And then there emerged two new operas, The Devil and Kate, ...
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... expelled from the German Communist Party in 1926. In Berlin (1924–33) he worked briefly for the directors Max Reinhardt and Erwin Piscator, but mainly with his own group of associates. With the composer ...
... expelled from the German Communist Party in 1926. In Berlin (1924–33) he worked briefly for the directors Max Reinhardt and Erwin Piscator, but mainly with his own group of associates. With the composer ...
theater - OT
... ‘The direction, by Mirjam Koen and Gerrit Timmers (who also created the fantastic, suggestive sets), does Adams and Goodman’s masterpiece more than justice. It is not only that it is the first time this grandiose opera has been seen in the Netherlands. It is also one of the best productions we have ...
... ‘The direction, by Mirjam Koen and Gerrit Timmers (who also created the fantastic, suggestive sets), does Adams and Goodman’s masterpiece more than justice. It is not only that it is the first time this grandiose opera has been seen in the Netherlands. It is also one of the best productions we have ...
STUDY GUIDE and BACKGROUND NOTES
... belief that ancient Greek plays had music throughout and they therefore wrote plays with music called ‘drama per musica’ - drama through music - or ‘farola in musica’ - fable in music. These forms eventually became known as “opera”. The first full-scale opera, “Orfeo”, was by Claudio Monteverdi. Thi ...
... belief that ancient Greek plays had music throughout and they therefore wrote plays with music called ‘drama per musica’ - drama through music - or ‘farola in musica’ - fable in music. These forms eventually became known as “opera”. The first full-scale opera, “Orfeo”, was by Claudio Monteverdi. Thi ...
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... been built by and for its stockholders. The interior reflected that fact, with its famous horseshoe auditorium affording box holders an excellent view of each other. For nearly sixty years, the Met was run on a very un-European basis: the building was owned and maintained by the box holders, who lea ...
... been built by and for its stockholders. The interior reflected that fact, with its famous horseshoe auditorium affording box holders an excellent view of each other. For nearly sixty years, the Met was run on a very un-European basis: the building was owned and maintained by the box holders, who lea ...
Theatre programme
... is the only G. Puccini’s comic opera to a libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, based on Canto XXX of Inferno (Hell) from Dante’s The Divine Comedy. This buffo belongs to the cream of the cream of what has been composed in the comic opera genre. Puccini leads the ensemble opera, reminding us of his previ ...
... is the only G. Puccini’s comic opera to a libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, based on Canto XXX of Inferno (Hell) from Dante’s The Divine Comedy. This buffo belongs to the cream of the cream of what has been composed in the comic opera genre. Puccini leads the ensemble opera, reminding us of his previ ...
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.