Video-
Watching
DIRECTION:
Watch the
trailers of the
famous
Romantic
opera and
answer the
questions that
follows.
Learning Competency:
• Explains the plot, musical and
theatrical elements of an opera
after watching video samples;
(MU9OPIVa-g-1)
Quarter 4 Music 9 Lesson 1
Process Questions:
• What can you say about the
videos, you have watch?
• Are you familiar of those
videos? What do you call
them?
PEEL IN THE BOX!
Direction: Remove the item from the box
that does not describe Romantic Opera.
Constraint & conformity
Combined drama & music
Elaborate costumes & scenery
Arias
Birth of Opera
Sung to orchestra
Artists get inspiration for in landscapes
Subjects were myths, legends and folklore
Subjects were roman history
Quarter 4 Music 9 Lesson 1
❑It is a musical composition having all or most of its
text set to music with;
✓ Arias
✓ Recitative
✓ Choruses
✓ Duets
✓ Trios, etc. with orchestral accompaniment
❑ The opera is usually characterized by elaborate
costumes, scenery and choreography.
❑It is a stage drama set to music and it is entirely made up of vocal
pieces with instrument accompaniment usually with orchestral
overtures and interludes. The English word, OPERA is an
abbreviation of the Italian phrase opera in musica or “work in
music”. .
❑MUSICAL PLAY VS OPERA VS THEATER
FACTS ABOUT ROMANTIC PERIOD
❖ Vocal music, a form of expression became more evident
during the Romantic period.
❖ Romanticism coincided with the industrial Revolution in
western Europe that brought about the rise of socialism
and capitalism.
❖ The romantic’s period basic quality is emotional
subjectivity.
❖ Composers explore feelings of grandiosity, intimacy,
unpredictability, sadness, rapture and longing.
FACTS ABOUT ROMANTIC PERIOD
❖ Romantic vocal forms like the art song (composition solely
for piano and solo voice) and operas were about fantasy,
supernatural, romance and the nature as mirror of the
human heart.
❖ Virtuoso performers are not only instrumentalists but
also singers.
❖ One singer sometimes sounds like several characters by
use of different vocal register.
❖ Vocal music in this period require singers to perform a
greater range of tone, color, dynamics and pitch.
What makes opera music of the
Romantic period?
❖ They used more extended melodies, broader
ranges of tone, pitch, and tempo – more
sophisticated harmonies. Some key
innovations from the Romantic Era include:
Chromatic harmonies were making greater
use of semitones and unusual chord
progressions.
❖The Filipino singer that won International awards like the
Olivier and Tony for her exemplary performance in “Miss
Saigon” is Lea Salonga.
❖ Lea Salonga receive awards like Order of Lakandula Award
from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Because of her
talents that benefited Philippine society.
❖Sarsuwela, like the opera of the Romantic period, was
commonly based on domestic issues that often exemplified
A strong sense of Filipino nationalism and anguish against
the country’s foreign imperialists.
❖ The following are famous writers of Sarsuwela Clodualdo
del Mundo Benigno Zamora, Severino Reye
Concept Map:
Direction: Using a concept map, describe the Romantic opera
- ROMAN
TIC
OPERA -
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Process Questions:
1.What is Opera?
Direction: Write TRUE if the statement
is correct and FALSE if s not.
Romantic period quality is
emotional subjectivity.
Subjects were traditional
myths, legends and less
ordinary.
Romantic period is the birth
of opera houses.
Opera is characterized with
simple and balance
costumes & scenery.
Opera became an important
source of musical
expression.
ASSIGNMENT
•List on your notes at least 5 opera
composers of the Romantic period.
Its name and contribution.
