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16 Cards in this Set
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Leipzig
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Birthplace of Richard Wagner
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First Six Wagner Operas
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Die Feen
Das Liebesverbot Rienze Der fliegende Holländer Tannhäuser Lohengrin |
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Minna Planer
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First wife of Wagner
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Cosima Liszt
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Second wife of Wagner
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Heinrich Heine
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German poet whose writings inspired Wagner to make use of legend in Die Fliegende Holländer.
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Ernest Newman
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Early English Wagner biographer and scholar.
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Ludwig II
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King who befriended and eventually aided Wagner.
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Francesco Maria Piave
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Rogletto librettist
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"Le Roi s'amuse"
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Victor Hugo play that inspired Francesco Maria Piave's Rigoletto libretto.
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"years in the galley"
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1842-1851: Verdi's very productive years of composing, ending with Rigoletto.
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Giuseppina Strepponi
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Verdi's soprano lover who he eventually marries.
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tinta
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Verdi's term to describe the different "color" of each of his operas.
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Grand Guignol
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French horror theatre that resembles Act III of Rigoletto.
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La Fenice
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Opera house where Rigoletto premiered.
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Why is Dutchman important musically?
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- First time use of legend
- Dom. theme: Redemption through love. |
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Rigoletto compositional importances
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- Only one character has cabaletta
- No concerted finale - First scene is through composed - No precedent after "La donna" in Act III. Drama predominates, forms dissolve and wordless male chorus. - Title role is the ultime baritone challenge in the Ital. repertory. |
