Puccini uses a wide variety of tempos and pitch with the performers and orchestra together. The expressiveness of love and the bitterness of loss and past love are evoked during the opera. I really enjoyed La Boheme because of its storytelling and memorable musical pieces. Puccini’s use of conjunct melodies allowed the music to be very memorable and I was humming parts of the opera on the way home. After taking this course and learning about the long history and development of music, I was able to enjoy this opera on a deeper level and appreciate the thought and genius to compose pieces like this
Puccini uses a wide variety of tempos and pitch with the performers and orchestra together. The expressiveness of love and the bitterness of loss and past love are evoked during the opera. I really enjoyed La Boheme because of its storytelling and memorable musical pieces. Puccini’s use of conjunct melodies allowed the music to be very memorable and I was humming parts of the opera on the way home. After taking this course and learning about the long history and development of music, I was able to enjoy this opera on a deeper level and appreciate the thought and genius to compose pieces like this