The Sopranos

solve problems, imitate the violence they observe on television, and identify with certain characters, victims and/or victimizers. This explains how a group of students were able to easily relate to and imitate the gang members of the TV show The Sopranos. These students may have watched so much of this television show that they were able to not even be slightly bothered when they saw gang violence. They probably thought the characters in the gang’s lives were interesting and they idolized it…

structure. Furthermore, parallel fourths and fifths are used throughout the work, as well as, cross rhythms such as eight, seven, four, and two against three, and seven against four. Originally scored for chorus and large orchestra with a baritone and soprano soloist, the first piece, "Agnus Dei", is the only piece that is not in English. Taken…

I attended the Metropolitan Opera Rising Stars Concert series on Sunday, February 28, 2016 in Wright Auditorium. The stars consisted of Janai Brugger a soprano, Sarah Mesko a mezzo-soprano, Sean Panikkar a tenor, Trevor Scheunemann a baritone, and lastly Brent Funderburk the pianist. These performers are apart of the S. Rudolph Alexander performing arts series. The audience consisted of a wide range of people; from college students to the elderly citizens of Greenville, NC. First, I would like…

The lunch hour concert, musicians were a on a low energy which the few of us in the congregation was feeding off on. However, without a doubt the performances were clear on their actual role or part. I do know a good singer when I see one and the sopranos done by Sashekia and Adelaide was indeed an excellent one. Even though Shashekia opera was on a high rage and the mike caused her voice to sound like it was frying nevertheless she did well. The music…

Tone was the same roughly the same, however I thought there were times where sopranos could have dropped their jaws to allow for more of an A-W sound compared to the A-H sound they were providing. Personally, I think the diction needs a fair amount of work. If it wasn’t for the fact that I know this song forward and backward, I don’t…

Title: Angelus autem Domini Publisher: Friedrich Pustet (1854) Composer/Arranger: Felice Anerio Voicing: SATB Language: Latin Difficulty Level: Medium Length of Piece: 1:40 Accompanied or A Cappella: A Cappella Sacred or Secular: Sacred Comments: This is an A cappella piece that requires experienced singers. There are no extreme ranges. Ranges and tessitura are generally standard.. Highly recommended work for Easter as it’s a religious work. 2. Title: Factum est…

Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele or “Adorn yourself, O dear soul” is a chorale cantata written by Johann Sebastian Bach. A chorale cantata is a church cantata that’s based on both the melody and text of a single hymn. The cantata is based on the Lutheran chorale tune by Johann Crüger, Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele. Bach composed this specific one in his second annual cycle of writing cantatas, also known as, Jabrgang II. It was written for the twentieth day after Trinity, on October 22, 1724. The…

Opera? Opera is the simultaneous performance of poetry, singing, acting, and dancing with scenery and costumes. 3. List the Voice categories of opera The basic voice ranges are soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. The voice categories of opera are coloratura soprano (very high range), lyric soprano (light voice), dramatic soprano (a full powerful voice), lyric tenor (relatively light), dramatic tenor (powerful voice), basso buffo (take comic role), basso profondo (very low range). 4. What is…

Un Bel Di Vedremo: “is a soprano aria from the opera Madama Butterfly (1904) by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is sung by Cio-Cio San, when she imagines and performs the return of Pinkerton on a white ship, signalled by a thread of smoke on the far horizon.” (Wikipedia, Un Bel Di Vedremo). It is an extraordinary soprano aria sung by Madama Butterfly in the moment act of Giacomo Puccini's appalling opera, Madama Butterfly. The lyrics was composed by Luigi…

If you’d asked audiences in 1825 to name the most popular composer of the day, it would not have been Beethoven, it would have been Gioachino Rossini. From the time Tancredi premiered in 1813, Rossini’s operas were the most popular and influential all over Europe, in part because he blended the elements of opera buffa and opera seria into works that appealed to audiences from a wide range of nationalities and class. Rossini was born on Leap Year Day in 1792 in Pesaro, Italy on the Adriatic…