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Rossini
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Principal composer of Italian opera
Gift of writing great melodies Opera buffa-strength Wrote Grand Opera in Paris Rossini Crescendo... |
Una voce poco fa
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Donizetti
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most prolific Italian composer
Used formulas, self-borrowed Composed opera seria, French Grand Opera, and Opera Comique Emphasis on melody (harmonies weren't too adventurous) |
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Bellini
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short life, wrote only 10 operas
Known for elaborate arias with ornamentation written out Good melodies (cantabiles) |
Norma "Casta Diva"
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Scena
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dramatic unit, starts with recitative and proceeds with a slow ending
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French Opera-grand opera
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appealed to middle class.
Huge spectacles Leaders? |
Eugene Scribe and Giacomo Meyerbeer
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French opera-opera comique
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Less serious, lighter
Smaller scale Spoken dialogue instead of recitative Realistic-concerned middle class people with middle class problems. (Rescue opera, too-Carmen) Actual comic opera is Opera Bouffe |
Seguidilla and Duet
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Lyric Opera
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Between opera comique and grand opera
Romantic love stories with emphasis on beautiful melodies Composers? |
Faust, Mignon
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Exoticism
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interest in other countries outside of Western Europe
More French operas were becoming exotic |
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German Romantic Operas
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in 19c, nationalism.
Cultural romanticism-old myths and legends, events and figures from German history Started by who? |
Weber.
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Weber
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started cultural romanticism, created...
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Der Freischutz, quintessential German opera.
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Three parts of a scena (number opera-musical units)
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Cantabile, Tempo di mezzo, cabaletta
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Melodrama
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spoken dialogue, often used in German Romantic Opera
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