Gian Carlo Menotti: Musician and Dramatist
... musical sounds than those to which he had grown accustomed as a child in Italy: perhaps for the first time in his life, he heard jazz and other popular idioms. American vernacular musical styles influenced Menotti profoundly. Menotti was in fact also enamored of the American language: he always wro ...
... musical sounds than those to which he had grown accustomed as a child in Italy: perhaps for the first time in his life, he heard jazz and other popular idioms. American vernacular musical styles influenced Menotti profoundly. Menotti was in fact also enamored of the American language: he always wro ...
the Tafelmusik of Don Giovanni
... in itself, have been a delight for Mozart's audience. As Mary Hunter has suggested, the recognition of the familiar in opera buffa was one way in which the genre provided "pleasure for its own sake:'6 Though Martin's and Sarti's operas have, along with their composers, failed to establish a place in ...
... in itself, have been a delight for Mozart's audience. As Mary Hunter has suggested, the recognition of the familiar in opera buffa was one way in which the genre provided "pleasure for its own sake:'6 Though Martin's and Sarti's operas have, along with their composers, failed to establish a place in ...
Central Opera Service Bulletin - CPANDA: Cultural Policy and the
... to be premiered next summer by the American Opera Festival of the Sierra on Lake Tahoe in Nevada, where Mr. Lewis is artistic director. The American Music Theater Festival in Philadelphia has just announced its spring season (March 25 to May 20), when it will mount three world premieres. Composer Ba ...
... to be premiered next summer by the American Opera Festival of the Sierra on Lake Tahoe in Nevada, where Mr. Lewis is artistic director. The American Music Theater Festival in Philadelphia has just announced its spring season (March 25 to May 20), when it will mount three world premieres. Composer Ba ...
Central Opera Service Bulletin - Winter, 1986-87
... His recent collaborator, librettist James Lapine (Sunday in the Park with George), also functioned as stage director, with Tony Straiges responsible for set designs and Ann Hould-Ward and Patricia Zipprodt for the designs of the costumes. The work, which combines several fairy tales into one story, ...
... His recent collaborator, librettist James Lapine (Sunday in the Park with George), also functioned as stage director, with Tony Straiges responsible for set designs and Ann Hould-Ward and Patricia Zipprodt for the designs of the costumes. The work, which combines several fairy tales into one story, ...
programme calendar - Magyar Állami Operaház
... Sheba. This gave Goldmark the inspiration to write an opera about the Oriental queen. The libretto tells the tale of a love triangle. The Queen of Sheba unleashes her charms on one of Solomon’s diplomats, a young man engaged to the daughter of the High Priest of Jerusalem. Although the Queen private ...
... Sheba. This gave Goldmark the inspiration to write an opera about the Oriental queen. The libretto tells the tale of a love triangle. The Queen of Sheba unleashes her charms on one of Solomon’s diplomats, a young man engaged to the daughter of the High Priest of Jerusalem. Although the Queen private ...
POV Tosca Guide - Pacific Opera Victoria
... NOTE: The descriptions of the mise-en-scène that precede each act are taken from the original libretto and are not intended to describe the details of Pacific Opera Victoria’s – or indeed any company’s – set design. ...
... NOTE: The descriptions of the mise-en-scène that precede each act are taken from the original libretto and are not intended to describe the details of Pacific Opera Victoria’s – or indeed any company’s – set design. ...
Yuri Dimitrin LIBRETTO
... light, the testimony and opinions of the author of this book – who is one of the very few highly professional librettists around – undoubtedly are of both theoretical and practical value. How can we define the genre of this book? Least of all does it resemble a standard textbook, although it can fun ...
... light, the testimony and opinions of the author of this book – who is one of the very few highly professional librettists around – undoubtedly are of both theoretical and practical value. How can we define the genre of this book? Least of all does it resemble a standard textbook, although it can fun ...
programme calendar - Magyar Állami Operaház
... Theatre, we have also gained an additional opportunity to fulfil our true calling of performing opera and ballet. The incredible result is the immediate doubling of our audience numbers, something that gives us great confidence. However, the Faust season is about productions. After several years of ...
... Theatre, we have also gained an additional opportunity to fulfil our true calling of performing opera and ballet. The incredible result is the immediate doubling of our audience numbers, something that gives us great confidence. However, the Faust season is about productions. After several years of ...
monograph - The Kresge Foundation
... the art form I so passionately loved — had little presence in this major urban center. So after a decade of producing staged operatic excerpts and touring them to schools and community centers, the time seemed right to find a home in which to establish a permanent professional opera company in Detro ...
... the art form I so passionately loved — had little presence in this major urban center. So after a decade of producing staged operatic excerpts and touring them to schools and community centers, the time seemed right to find a home in which to establish a permanent professional opera company in Detro ...
Friedrich Kuhlau`s Operas and Theatre Music and their
... technique, using musiral borrowings from lhe works o! o/her cOlnjJOsen. Mozart is the composer who furnishes him with most models, but othenvise Kuhlau draws partiCldarly heavily on works by Cherubini, Paer, Beethoven, Weber, Rossini and a few other composers of his age. An important feature of this ...
... technique, using musiral borrowings from lhe works o! o/her cOlnjJOsen. Mozart is the composer who furnishes him with most models, but othenvise Kuhlau draws partiCldarly heavily on works by Cherubini, Paer, Beethoven, Weber, Rossini and a few other composers of his age. An important feature of this ...
The Crossover Opera Singer: Bridging the Gap Between Opera and
... work from one city to another could prompt changes and revisions to suit the new context and different audience expectations. “8 The early stage of opera in the seventeenth century was presented mainly to the upper class as a means of spectacle and entertainment for social occasions. With the decli ...
... work from one city to another could prompt changes and revisions to suit the new context and different audience expectations. “8 The early stage of opera in the seventeenth century was presented mainly to the upper class as a means of spectacle and entertainment for social occasions. With the decli ...
StagingHistoryWorksx
... that “Yankee Doodle may have been associated with the battle at Cape Breton in 1758. The song came to be identified with the figure of the Yankee, Jonathan, in the American author Royall Tyler’s, The Contrast (1787). S. Arnold. The Siege of Curzola. 12 August. Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Comic opera. ...
... that “Yankee Doodle may have been associated with the battle at Cape Breton in 1758. The song came to be identified with the figure of the Yankee, Jonathan, in the American author Royall Tyler’s, The Contrast (1787). S. Arnold. The Siege of Curzola. 12 August. Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Comic opera. ...
Modernism, Anti-humanism and Un re in
... played in favour of a realistic plot with a neat conclusion. In particular, it overlooks that the Protagonista’s reproaches are taken from the supporting cast’s monologues in Auden’s ‘The Sea and the Mirror’. Not only do Auden’s characters emphatically refuse reconciliation with the overbearing, pat ...
... played in favour of a realistic plot with a neat conclusion. In particular, it overlooks that the Protagonista’s reproaches are taken from the supporting cast’s monologues in Auden’s ‘The Sea and the Mirror’. Not only do Auden’s characters emphatically refuse reconciliation with the overbearing, pat ...
Satire`s Liminal Space: The Conservative Function of Eighteenth
... century, John Dryden explains the purpose of satire: Satire has always shone among the rest, And is the boldest way, if not the best, To tell men freely of their foulest faults; To laugh at their vain deeds, and vainer thoughts. (202) Dryden here articulates the poetic aims that characterized much o ...
... century, John Dryden explains the purpose of satire: Satire has always shone among the rest, And is the boldest way, if not the best, To tell men freely of their foulest faults; To laugh at their vain deeds, and vainer thoughts. (202) Dryden here articulates the poetic aims that characterized much o ...
literature into music: music inspired by the works of thomas hardy
... This novel has inspired a wide range of musical interpretations, ranging from operas and musicals to ballet music. There have been two full-length operas, both written fairly recently. The first is by Andrew Downes (b. 1950), a freelance composer (formerly Head of the School of Composition and Creat ...
... This novel has inspired a wide range of musical interpretations, ranging from operas and musicals to ballet music. There have been two full-length operas, both written fairly recently. The first is by Andrew Downes (b. 1950), a freelance composer (formerly Head of the School of Composition and Creat ...
Puccini and The Girl - La Fanciulla del West
... Caruso replied: “I think so, but I don’t know a word of it. I hope to have the part soon, which I shall first create at the Metropolitan in New York. I hope it will suit me well, like the other tenor parts in former operas by Puccini, all of which I have sung with great pleasure from ‘Manon’ to ‘La B ...
... Caruso replied: “I think so, but I don’t know a word of it. I hope to have the part soon, which I shall first create at the Metropolitan in New York. I hope it will suit me well, like the other tenor parts in former operas by Puccini, all of which I have sung with great pleasure from ‘Manon’ to ‘La B ...
Here - livingartsnyc.com
... of a “Golden Age . . . where men, not yet old, were boys in an ancient, beautiful city that time had forgotten before it destroyed”. He wrote to Heyward of his desire to compose an opera based on it. That idea was set aside because the author and his wife Dorothy were already dramatising the book fo ...
... of a “Golden Age . . . where men, not yet old, were boys in an ancient, beautiful city that time had forgotten before it destroyed”. He wrote to Heyward of his desire to compose an opera based on it. That idea was set aside because the author and his wife Dorothy were already dramatising the book fo ...
orpheus in the underworld
... Orpheus in the Underworld, then, represented a milestone not only for Offenbach but for French operetta in general. In two acts rather than one, Orpheus boasted a large cast with over a dozen principal roles, an expanded orchestra and a more elaborate musical score. For his subject, Offenbach turned ...
... Orpheus in the Underworld, then, represented a milestone not only for Offenbach but for French operetta in general. In two acts rather than one, Orpheus boasted a large cast with over a dozen principal roles, an expanded orchestra and a more elaborate musical score. For his subject, Offenbach turned ...
G. Verdi`s “La Traviata”: History of Creation, First Productions and
... to Paris. Since the 30’s of the 19th century the city gained a status of the capital of the art world and became a sort of a “seething cauldron” where all the processes were powerful and bright. Despite the fact that Verdi was living a secluded life, he still could not remain uninvolved in the world ...
... to Paris. Since the 30’s of the 19th century the city gained a status of the capital of the art world and became a sort of a “seething cauldron” where all the processes were powerful and bright. Despite the fact that Verdi was living a secluded life, he still could not remain uninvolved in the world ...
Macbeth Study Guide - Michigan Opera Theatre
... emotional intensity, tuneful melodies, and dramatic characterizations. He transformed Italian opera, with its traditional set pieces, old-fashioned librettos, and emphasis on vocal displays, into a unified musical and dramatic entity. His operas are among those most frequently produced in the world ...
... emotional intensity, tuneful melodies, and dramatic characterizations. He transformed Italian opera, with its traditional set pieces, old-fashioned librettos, and emphasis on vocal displays, into a unified musical and dramatic entity. His operas are among those most frequently produced in the world ...
Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Opera
... The words must be sung with correct and natural declamation, as if they were spoken, and must avoid the rhythms of songs. The melody must interpret the feeling of the text. The first significant composer to fully develop the ideas of the Camerata was Jacopo Peri (15611633), whose opera Dafne, ba ...
... The words must be sung with correct and natural declamation, as if they were spoken, and must avoid the rhythms of songs. The melody must interpret the feeling of the text. The first significant composer to fully develop the ideas of the Camerata was Jacopo Peri (15611633), whose opera Dafne, ba ...
CENSORSHIP IN SLOVAK OPERA
... Štelina’s cathartic act, where had received the child whose father was his son’s killer, was darkened by the bile of class hatred. In this way, at least posthumously, poor Ján was shown to have won against rich Ondrej. After the changes mentioned above, The Whirlpool became an ideal model of a socia ...
... Štelina’s cathartic act, where had received the child whose father was his son’s killer, was darkened by the bile of class hatred. In this way, at least posthumously, poor Ján was shown to have won against rich Ondrej. After the changes mentioned above, The Whirlpool became an ideal model of a socia ...
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... Naumann (1741-1801) and Georg Joseph Vogler (1749-1814). These new scores were usually set to adapted texts by any number of more or less official poets. 7 Among these was Johan Henric Kellgren (1751-95). Kellgren's theatrical pretentions actually began fairly early in his writing career and they ce ...
... Naumann (1741-1801) and Georg Joseph Vogler (1749-1814). These new scores were usually set to adapted texts by any number of more or less official poets. 7 Among these was Johan Henric Kellgren (1751-95). Kellgren's theatrical pretentions actually began fairly early in his writing career and they ce ...
George Frideric Handel`s career was unusual for a Baroque composer
... where soloists also sang the appropriate line in the choruses. If this was also the case in Acis, then the work was certainly not staged. Indeed in advertisements for the pirated performance of 1732, the performance is heralded as “being the first Time it was ever performed in a Theatrical Way.” Han ...
... where soloists also sang the appropriate line in the choruses. If this was also the case in Acis, then the work was certainly not staged. Indeed in advertisements for the pirated performance of 1732, the performance is heralded as “being the first Time it was ever performed in a Theatrical Way.” Han ...
ETO Programme 2007 - English Touring Opera
... specially devised performances for young people, creative residencies in schools, and collaborative community opera. This is an exceptionally busy year for us. In the autumn we toured a new opera, Crossing the Styx, to primary schools and small theatres across the country. This highly successful ret ...
... specially devised performances for young people, creative residencies in schools, and collaborative community opera. This is an exceptionally busy year for us. In the autumn we toured a new opera, Crossing the Styx, to primary schools and small theatres across the country. This highly successful ret ...
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.