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From the 1850s, European opera underwent significant change in what areas?
1. Musical Language
2. Approach to Drama
3. Subject Matter
Name an opera by Wagner and an opera by Verdi.
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Verdi: La Traviata
Date of Tristan und Isolde?
1859
Date of La Traviata?
1853
What is La Traviata based on?
A play by Dumas.
What are the main characters in La Traviata?
Violetta and Alfredo.
Who does Alfredo see Violetta with at a party?
Baron Douphol.
What does Alfredo discover in the final act?
Violetta still loves him.
What is different about the subject matter of La Traviata?
Realistic characters and contemporary society/settings (apartments etc).
What does the music track in La Traviata?
Violetta's emotions and reactions.
In La Traviata, what does the 'Cantible' section evoke and how does it do this?
Bourgeois Paris. Melody with waltz-like accompaniment, AABB form with coda.
Verdi's date of birth and date of death?
1813 - 1901
Wagner's date of birth and date of death?
1813 - 83
What type of opera is Tristan und Isolde?
Music drama.
Date of Tristan und Isolde?
1857 - 59
Who are the main characters of Tristan und Isolde?
Tristan and Isolde
Who is Isolde the daughter of?
The Irish king.
Who does Tristan bring Isolde to Cornwall to marry?
King Mark
Who is Isolde secretly in love with?
Tristan
Why does Isolde try to poison Tristan?
He betrayed her.
What happens when Isolde tries to poison herself and Tristan?
Her companion switches it with love potion and they both fall in love.
Isolde's marriage to King Mark goes ahead, but her relationship with Tristan continues. What happens when they are caught?
Tristan is killed and Isolde dies of grief.
What type of opera is Tristan und Isolde NOT?
A 'number' opera (with arias, recitatives, etc).
What type of music did Wagner want?
Continuous, evolving music.
What was required for Tristan und Isolde and Wagner's style of music?
A large orchestra and powerful singers.
Name an important aspect of the music in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.
Leitmotifs.
What is a leitmotiv?
Leading motifs associated with particular people, events, things and ideas throughout the work.
What does the music follow very closely in Tristan und Isolde?
The action of the drama.
What does much chromaticism create in Tristan und Isolde?
Restless harmony and dissolution of functional tonality.
Discuss Wagner's impact on music.
Could there be any future for tonality? Did he represent a culmination or a new start?
What did Wagner anticipate?
The dissolution of tonality.
When did atonality become a reality?
Shortly after 1900.
What, following Wagner, remained a fixture in 20th-century opera?
Leitmotifs
How did Wagner link music to drama?
Leitmotifs.
What did Wagner have an all-encompassing vision of?
Drama, music and theatre.
What did 20th-century composers do after Wagner?
Seek control over stage.
What was realistic about the subject matter in La Traviata?
The setting, situation and characters.
What did 20th-century composers do after Verdi?
They used realistic, factual subjects.