Opera

Arrigo Boito once told Giuseppe Verdi that “an opera is not a play” and that “eight bars are enough to restore a sentiment to life; a rhythm can re-establish a character; music is the most omnipotent of all arts.” It can be argued that Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello may be a greater work of art than Shakespeare’s play Othello. Otello is so much more than just a translation from Shakespeare’s play. Verdi took Shakespeare’s 3,500 line play and turned it into a masterpiece of operatic literature with…

As music became more popular in the United States, musicians began to fuse different styles of music to compose something unique. During the late 1800’s, musicians began to combine several styles together, this included Gospel music, March music, and African American dance styles like the Cakewalk and the two-step along with syncopation. This style was given a new genre called Ragtime. Ragtime music became widely popular in the United States around 1890’s through the 1900’s and was a precursor…

Relationships a. Susannah b. Reverend Olin Blitch These two characters know each other from being in the same town of New Hope Valley in which the preacher originally went out of his way to dance with Susannah, the attractive young woman in the opera. Motivations a. Susannah – The main thing Susannah wants is for the Elders to stop hating her for the event she was accused for wrongfully doing. b. Reverend Olin Blitch – The main thing the preacher wanted was for Susannah to come before the…

of surrealism, bizarre means strange and unusual (Oxford). In 1945, Lee Miller took a picture of Irmgard Seefried who was an opera singer at the time. In the picture you can see Irmgard singing in an opera house which has been completely destroyed by the war. The picture of the opera singer creates a surrealist element of bizarreness because Irmgard is singing in the opera house as though…

renowned Wagner Conductor Hans von Bulow, Richard Strauss became the most Music director in in the Meninges at the young age of 21. One year later in 1886, the musician moved on to become the third Musical Director (Kapellmeister) at the Munich Court Opera (Muncher Hooper). He was Inspired by literature and his travels to Italy, and as well as by the composer Franz Liszt, Strauss he dedicated himself at this time to the study of the symphonic composition and he reached the peak in his art of…

left a large footprint in the history of classical music. Mozart is famous for writing his first acknowledged works when he still was a child. At the age of eight he wrote his first symphony and when he was 12 years old he already created his first opera. Mozart has got musical training in piano and violin from his father. His father recognized the talent the boy had and created tours for the child to show his skills. They traveled a lot while being on tours, which later influenced health…

Born in 1792 Gioachino Rossini wrote a total of thirty-nine operas during his lifetime. He created the opera piece “William Tell Overture” which premiered on August 3, 1829 by the Paris Opéra at the Salle Le Peletieron and was the last piece of his operas . This opera was a four piece act created based on the legend of a Swiss hero named William Tell, who was also known as a legendary bowman. Rossini considered his last opera piece a masterpiece and thought that he could retire from it, however…

he plays the violin, oboe and trumpet. Also, he has written piano songs for symphonies, operas, solo concertos, chamber music, especially string quartets and string quintets, and the piano sonata, during the classical period. Furthermore, the classical period is between the baroque and romantic era, and approximately between the years 1750-1820. Also, Mozart was not only a pianist he also wrote many operas such as “The Magic Flute”, ‘The Marriage of Figaro”, “Don Giovanni”, “Cosi fan tutte”…

symphonies, masses, concertos and operas. All music that was very well connected and marked by vivid emotion and sophisticated textures. His operas at the time held (and still hold) a unique fascination for musicians and music lovers, not in the Classical period, but also in today’s music world. His most famous opera, Don Giovanni was completed in 1787. Don Giovanni is a lively and passionate operatic masterpiece. It is a two act opera, performed in Italian. This opera is based on legendary…

in the family of Carl Wagner, a police clerk. Richard was only six months when his father died. Wagner studied piano from the age of 7 and soon developed ability to play by ear. From 1836-1839 he was a music director in Riga Opera. Wagner's four Ring operas gradually evolved, and he completed the libretto by 1852. Another year of suffering went by, until he began composing The Rhine Gold in November 1853…