GRADE 9
OPERA
Prepared by: Teacher Eugene
Learning Competency:
explains the plot, musical and theatrical elements of an opera after watching
video samples; (MU9OPIVa-g-1)
Identify the opera composers of the Romantic period;
Explain the important contributions of the composers
to the opera of the Romantic period.
Appreciate the works of the opera composers in
today’s generation.
Answer the following questions:
1.What is Opera?
2.What is the significance of Opera
to the Romantic period?
3.What are the most subjects of
Romantic opera?
4.Do you think opera has still place
for today’s generation?
Guess Who?
Giacomo Puccini
• Direction: Guess the
Richard Wagner
following opera
composers. Choose your Franz Schubert
answer from the box. Giuseppe Verdi
Georges Bizet
Giacomo Puccini
Richard Wagner
Franz Schubert
Giuseppe Verdi
Georges Bizet
Giacomo Puccini
Richard Wagner
Franz Schubert
Giuseppe Verdi
Georges Bizet
Giacomo Puccini
Richard Wagner
Franz Schubert
Giuseppe Verdi
Georges Bizet
Giacomo Puccini
Richard Wagner
Franz Schubert
Giuseppe Verdi
Georges Bizet
Giacomo Puccini
Richard Wagner
Franz Schubert
Giuseppe Verdi
Georges Bizet
Match It Up! Direction: Match Column A with Column B.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
1.Schubert a. Lieder
2.Verdi b. La Boheme
3.Puccini c. Music Drama
4.Wagner d. Carmen
5.Bizet e. Rigolleto
OPERA
Franz Peter Schubert
The proper name for Schubert song’s is
actually lieder, which is German word for
“songs”.
Schubert developed lieder so that they had a power dramatic
impact on the listeners. He tapped the poetry of writers like
Johann Goethe.
He is considered the last classical composer and one of the first
romantic ones.
Franz Peter Schubert
His famous vocal works/lieder were: Gretchen am
Spinnrade, Erlkonig, Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria)
and Schwanenge Sang (Swan Song).
He also wrote piano pieces, string quartets, operetta and the
symphony no.8 in B minor (Unfinished symphony)
Schubert was born on the 31st of January 1797 in
Himmelpfortgund, Austria and died in 1828 in Vienna, Austria at
age 31.
Giuseppe Verdi
A name associated with Romantic opera is that of
Verdi. His characters are ordinary people and not
those of the royal family like those found in German
operas.
He insisted on a good libretto and wrote operas with political
overtones and for middle-class audience. Verdi was born in
Parma, Italy on October 9, 1813. He studied in Busseto and later
went to Milan where his first opera “Oberto” was performed in La
Scala, the most important opera house at the time. Almost all of
his works are serious love story with unhappy ending. Expressive
vocal melody is the soul of a Verdi opera.
Giuseppe Verdi
He completed 25 operas throughout his career. His final opera
ends with "All the world's a joke. "Some of his famous operas are
still being produced and performed worldwide. His much
acclaimed works are; La Traviata, Rigoletto,Falstaff, Otello and
Aida were he wrote for the opening of the Suez Canal. He died in
Milan, Italy on January 27,1901.
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini was born in a poor family on
December 22, 1858 in Lucca, Italy. He studied at
the Milan Conservatory.
He belonged to a group of composers who stressed realism,
therefore, he drew material from everyday life, rejecting heroic
themes from mythology and history.
Puccini’s famous operas were: “La Boheme”, “Tosca”, “Madame
Butterfly”, and “Turandot”.
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig, Germany on
May 22, 1813. He attended Leipzig University. He was very
much inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven. Wagner introduced
new ideas in harmony and in form, including extremes of
chromaticism
He also explored the limits of the traditional tonal system that
gave keys and chords its own identity which paved the way for
the rise of atonality in the 20th century.
Wagner exerted a strong influence on the operatic medium. He
was an advocate of a new form of opera which he called “music
drama” where musical and dramatic elements were fused
together.
Richard Wagner
He developed a compositional style in which the
orchestra has of equal importance in dramatic roles
as the singers themselves. The expressiveness is
aided by the use of “leitmotifs” or musical sequences
standing for a particular character/plot element.
His famous works are; “Tristan and Isolde”, “Die Walkyrie”, “Die
Meistersinger”, “Tannhäuser”, and “Parsifal”. His work would
later influence modern film scores, including those of the Harry
Potter and Lord of the Rings film series. Wagner died of a heart
attack on February 13,1883at age of 69.
Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet was registered with the legal name Alexandre-
Cesar-Leopold Bizet, but was baptized Georges Bizet and was
always known by the latter name. He was born October 25,
1838 in Paris, France. He entered the Paris Conservatory of
music at a very young age.
Bizet became famous for his operas. His most famous opera is “Carmen”.
However, when “Carmen” first opened in Paris, the reviews were terrible. The
shows were criticized in horrible ways that resulted in poor audience
attendance.
During the first round of “Carmen” performances, Bizet died (June 3,
1875).He was only 36. Four months later, “Carmen” opened in Vienna, Austria,
and was a smash hit. It is now one of the most popular operas ever written.
Bizet never knew that audiences would come to consider it as his masterpiece.
Composer:
Music Chart!
5 Facts about 1.
• Direction: The teacher will the composer: 2.
group the class into 5. Each
3.
group will be given an
4.
assigned composer to discuss
5.
with and accomplish the
following chart. Famous Work:
1.Who are the famous opera composers of
the Romantic period?
2.Whose composer strikes you most? Why?
3.What is your over-all impression to the
Romantic composers?
ASSESSMENT
Direction: Choose from
A. Verdi
the composers on the box
the following are
B. Bizet
described? C. Wagner
D. Schubert
E. Puccini
1. He is most famous in his opera
“Carmen”
2. His first opera is Oberto A. Verdi
3. His famous works acclaimed was B. Bizet
Rigoletto C. Wagner
4. Lieder
5. Madamme Butterfly
D. Schubert
6. He was criticized horribly from his first E. Puccini
opera.
7. Falstaff
8. Ave Maria
9. Gretchen Am Spinnrade
10.Turandot
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