CHAD SHELTON, tenor
... for Cavardossi in Tosca and to create the role of Charles II in the world premiere of Carlisle Floyd’s Prince of Players. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Rodrigo in a new production of Otello and also joined the company for Elektra in addition to returning to one of his most frequently perfo ...
... for Cavardossi in Tosca and to create the role of Charles II in the world premiere of Carlisle Floyd’s Prince of Players. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Rodrigo in a new production of Otello and also joined the company for Elektra in addition to returning to one of his most frequently perfo ...
Chapter 17: Opera in the Age of Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, and
... associated with the Gothic Romance, which was all the rage in the nineteenth century. b. Essentially, the plot follows the Romeo and Juliet theme (encountered many times in different operas) of family opposition to a young couple’s union. c. The sextet imbroglio from Act II is one of the most famous ...
... associated with the Gothic Romance, which was all the rage in the nineteenth century. b. Essentially, the plot follows the Romeo and Juliet theme (encountered many times in different operas) of family opposition to a young couple’s union. c. The sextet imbroglio from Act II is one of the most famous ...
- Lawton Public Schools
... 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. The word opera means "work" in Italian (it is the plural of latin opus meaning "work" or "labour") suggesting that it combines the arts ...
... 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. The word opera means "work" in Italian (it is the plural of latin opus meaning "work" or "labour") suggesting that it combines the arts ...
this information sheet.
... Composer Lloyd Burritt is a graduate of UBC in music composition and a student of Jean Coulthard. He is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre and has composed in a wide variety of musical idioms, producing electronic music and numerous choral works as well as major orchestral works. His ...
... Composer Lloyd Burritt is a graduate of UBC in music composition and a student of Jean Coulthard. He is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre and has composed in a wide variety of musical idioms, producing electronic music and numerous choral works as well as major orchestral works. His ...
rocking horse winner
... adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s masterful short story—an intimate psychological look at love, luck and greed—comes to life with a libretto by Dora Mavor Moore Award-winning playwright Anna Chatterton and music by Irish-Scottish composer Gareth Williams. ROCKING HORSE WINNER premieres in Toronto ...
... adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s masterful short story—an intimate psychological look at love, luck and greed—comes to life with a libretto by Dora Mavor Moore Award-winning playwright Anna Chatterton and music by Irish-Scottish composer Gareth Williams. ROCKING HORSE WINNER premieres in Toronto ...
A Brief History of Opera By Deanna R. Hoying
... Verdi (1813-1901). With the exception of a few songs and a string quartet, all of Verdi's works were written for the stage. Verdi became so popular throughout Italy, that his name became a patriotic symbol and rallying cry "Viva Verdi!" Verdi viewed opera as human drama to be conveyed through the u ...
... Verdi (1813-1901). With the exception of a few songs and a string quartet, all of Verdi's works were written for the stage. Verdi became so popular throughout Italy, that his name became a patriotic symbol and rallying cry "Viva Verdi!" Verdi viewed opera as human drama to be conveyed through the u ...
Abstracts
... which caused a proliferation of pompous celebrations in different cities on the peninsula, and created a multifaceted, yet fragmentary image of the nation for the global spectatorship. At the same time, this dispersion of events could undermine their international relevance. Through the analysis of ...
... which caused a proliferation of pompous celebrations in different cities on the peninsula, and created a multifaceted, yet fragmentary image of the nation for the global spectatorship. At the same time, this dispersion of events could undermine their international relevance. Through the analysis of ...
Music
... (from handout) Even Handel’s best and very popular operas fell out of favor, and were never performed again until the 20th Century. Compare that to the case of Handel’s Messiah (an oratorio, an un-staged drama, similar to opera, usually on religious themes), which has been performed every year since ...
... (from handout) Even Handel’s best and very popular operas fell out of favor, and were never performed again until the 20th Century. Compare that to the case of Handel’s Messiah (an oratorio, an un-staged drama, similar to opera, usually on religious themes), which has been performed every year since ...
THE ROMANTIC PERIOD (1820-1900)
... • Brahms stayed in Schumann house to help Clara with seven children • Passed over for Hamburg Philharmonic conductor position and moves to Vienna ...
... • Brahms stayed in Schumann house to help Clara with seven children • Passed over for Hamburg Philharmonic conductor position and moves to Vienna ...
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Danse Bacchanale
... Work composed: 1867–74 World premiere: December 2, 1877, in Weimar, Eduard Lassen conducting Long-lived Saint-Saëns survived an early reputation as a musical revolutionary to become an arch-reactionary, which says perhaps less about him than about the tumultuous changes in culture during his long, p ...
... Work composed: 1867–74 World premiere: December 2, 1877, in Weimar, Eduard Lassen conducting Long-lived Saint-Saëns survived an early reputation as a musical revolutionary to become an arch-reactionary, which says perhaps less about him than about the tumultuous changes in culture during his long, p ...
romantic period
... •The German composer Richard Wagner revolutionized opera with his idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk— a total work of art unifying all elements. •Wagner's operas—called music dramas—are not sectional (in arias, ensembles, and the like) but are continuous; they are unifed by leitmotifs, or recurring themes, ...
... •The German composer Richard Wagner revolutionized opera with his idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk— a total work of art unifying all elements. •Wagner's operas—called music dramas—are not sectional (in arias, ensembles, and the like) but are continuous; they are unifed by leitmotifs, or recurring themes, ...
GCC presentation Day..
... Listen for the ground bass (how many times is it repeated) What sort of atmosphere does the aria evoke? ...
... Listen for the ground bass (how many times is it repeated) What sort of atmosphere does the aria evoke? ...
Dramatic and Choral Music
... most popular of Rossini’s operas integrates opera buffa and bel canto styles “Una voce poco fa” (A voice a short while ago) ...
... most popular of Rossini’s operas integrates opera buffa and bel canto styles “Una voce poco fa” (A voice a short while ago) ...
Opera Today, Spring 2004 Music, Words, and Supertitles by Michael
... other reason than I could stop trying to decipher what the singers were singing and sit back and enjoy the music. The need for supertitles in one’s own language reminds us – taunts us, actually – that few words are understood by anyone, in any language, native and non-native speakers alike, when sun ...
... other reason than I could stop trying to decipher what the singers were singing and sit back and enjoy the music. The need for supertitles in one’s own language reminds us – taunts us, actually – that few words are understood by anyone, in any language, native and non-native speakers alike, when sun ...
Appomattox 2015 - Hevrat Shalom Congregation!
... suited to opera. At the same time this is painful as historic memory. We are ennobled with this legacy which enlightens us while reminding us that we are still struggling to come to terms with these very themes in our time. In these past days, tremendous racial tension exists in Baltimore as the tri ...
... suited to opera. At the same time this is painful as historic memory. We are ennobled with this legacy which enlightens us while reminding us that we are still struggling to come to terms with these very themes in our time. In these past days, tremendous racial tension exists in Baltimore as the tri ...
Chapter 70. Musical Theater in Germany in the 1920s: Berg
... for string quartet, Piano Sonata • Songs: about 100 ...
... for string quartet, Piano Sonata • Songs: about 100 ...
DIANEMCNARON_SHORT_PRESS_BIO3
... Diane McNaron, while completing a Master of Music in Opera Production/Direction at Florida State University, coached with Randolph Symonette and his wife, Lys Symonette, who were part of the Kurt Weill & Lotte Lenya inner circle. Randolph starred in several of Weill’s Broadway shows and Lys edited m ...
... Diane McNaron, while completing a Master of Music in Opera Production/Direction at Florida State University, coached with Randolph Symonette and his wife, Lys Symonette, who were part of the Kurt Weill & Lotte Lenya inner circle. Randolph starred in several of Weill’s Broadway shows and Lys edited m ...
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... Opera allowed solo singers to express feelings in the most direct, powerful way Opera plots put characters in situations where intense emotion was natural Emotions intensified by music Also intensified by vocal virtuosity • Coloratura singing–fast brilliant runs, scales, high notes, vocal cadenzas, ...
... Opera allowed solo singers to express feelings in the most direct, powerful way Opera plots put characters in situations where intense emotion was natural Emotions intensified by music Also intensified by vocal virtuosity • Coloratura singing–fast brilliant runs, scales, high notes, vocal cadenzas, ...
History of Opera
... • Singspiel: opera with spoken dialogue, musical numbers, and usually a comic plight • Johann Adam Hiller was the main composer of Singspiel • Featured a blend of music: German folk songs, Lutheran hymn/chorale tunes, some Italian-style arias • Plots were German folk tales, often concerning some kin ...
... • Singspiel: opera with spoken dialogue, musical numbers, and usually a comic plight • Johann Adam Hiller was the main composer of Singspiel • Featured a blend of music: German folk songs, Lutheran hymn/chorale tunes, some Italian-style arias • Plots were German folk tales, often concerning some kin ...
I compose operas, among other things. I wrote two this last year
... unintentional). We try to build this into the very marrow of our work, from the conception through to the writing and the execution of our operas. It is difficult to find performers (musical, vocal and theatrical) who understand how to meander through the scores, scripts and directions. Decisions to ...
... unintentional). We try to build this into the very marrow of our work, from the conception through to the writing and the execution of our operas. It is difficult to find performers (musical, vocal and theatrical) who understand how to meander through the scores, scripts and directions. Decisions to ...
ch18Romantic Opera
... • Four voices shift through harmonies and modulations • Long passage for all four voices ...
... • Four voices shift through harmonies and modulations • Long passage for all four voices ...
Beethoven`s Works
... • Four voices shift through harmonies and modulations • Long passage for all four voices ...
... • Four voices shift through harmonies and modulations • Long passage for all four voices ...
application form
... The act and first sentences of lyrics of recitative & aria: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Length ______________ ...
... The act and first sentences of lyrics of recitative & aria: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Length ______________ ...
CHAPTER 1 Music in Ancient Greece
... • The opera house in Dresden, built in 1719, became one of the most important operatic centers in eighteenth-century Europe, hiring some of the most successful singers and composers in the continent. Among them, opera composer Johann Hasse. • Faustina Bordoni: one of the great leading sopranos (pri ...
... • The opera house in Dresden, built in 1719, became one of the most important operatic centers in eighteenth-century Europe, hiring some of the most successful singers and composers in the continent. Among them, opera composer Johann Hasse. • Faustina Bordoni: one of the great leading sopranos (pri ...
Baroque Opera, etc. Florentine Opera • At the end of the 1500s, a
... • This new form of music developed because composers of the polyphonic madrigal style were looking for ways to convey dramatic expression. • This new "theater style" became prevalent and was used consistently in opera. Roman Opera • In the 1630s, Rome became the center of opera. • Roman opera differ ...
... • This new form of music developed because composers of the polyphonic madrigal style were looking for ways to convey dramatic expression. • This new "theater style" became prevalent and was used consistently in opera. Roman Opera • In the 1630s, Rome became the center of opera. • Roman opera differ ...
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.