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OPERACOMPONENTS.pptx
- 1. ROMANTIC OPERA AND ITSCOMPONENT
- 3. OPERA An opera typicallyconsists of a story told through a combination of sung dialogue (recitative) and arias. It is a combination of Music, Vocal and Instrumental Acting, Visual, Theatric, tied together by a storyline
- 4. COMPONENTS OF ANOPERA 1. Libretto - The text of an opera 2. Score - The book that the composer and librettist put together. 3. Recitative - Declamatory singing, used in the prose part and dialogue of an opera. It may be accompanied or unaccompanied 4. Aria - A song which poetically and musically reflects dramatic feeling
- 5. Types of voicesof singer Male Voice 1. Tenor - Highest male voice 2. Baritone - Middle male voice. (Between Bass and Tenor Voices) 3. Bass - Lowest male voice
- 6. Types of voicesof singer Female Voice 1. Soprano - Highest female voice Coloratura - Highest soprano voice Lyric - Bright and full sound Dramatic - Darker full sound Mezzo-Soprano- Most common female voice; strong middle voice, tone is darker or deeper than the soprano 2. Contralto · Lowest female voice and most unique among female
- 7. COMPOSER OF THEROMATIC OPERA GIUSEPPE VERDI - Was born in Parma, Italy Born 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.
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- 9. COMPOSER OF THEROMANTIC OPERA GIACOMO PUCCINI - He was born in a poor family on December 22, 1858 in Lucca, Italy. He studied at the Milan Conservatory. Puccini's famous operas were: "La Boheme" "Tosca" "Madame Butterfly" "Turandot".
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- 11. COMPOSER OF THEROMANTIC OPERA RICHARD WAGNER - He was born in Leipzig, Germany on May 22, 1813. He attended Leipzig University. He was very much inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven. His famous works are; "Tristan and Isolde", "Die Walkyrie" "Die Meistersinger", "Tannhäuser", and "Parsifal".
- 12. COMPOSER OF THEROMANTIC OPERA GEORGES BIZET - Alexandre-César Leopold Bizet. He was born on October 25, 1838 in Paris, France. His realistic approach influenced the verismo school of opera at the end of the 19th century. His most famous opera is “Carmen”
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