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Opera
important opera info
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Undergraduate 4
06/05/2008

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Opera seria
Definition
solomn opera, stately style, historical figures, mythical subects
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opera buffa
Definition
comic opera that draws its inspiration from Comedia Dell Arte
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recitative  
Definition
two different styles. secco- dry with only harpsichord or accompagnato with the whole orchestra
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libretto
Definition
the book of an opera
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Florence Camarata
Definition
Created in 1581, the beginning of opera
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Euridice
Definition
first known opera
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Handel
Definition
The Messiah, Cleopatra
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Gluck
Definition
Orfeo e Euridice
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Mozart
Definition

with DePonte:

Cosi Fan Tutte

Don Giovanni

Marriage of Figaro

(Magic Flute) 

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Rossini
Definition

Barber of Seville,

Rossini Crescendos

William Tell Overture 

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Bellini
Definition

Romeo and juliet

La Sonambula

I Puritani 

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Donizetti
Definition

Elixir of Love

Daughter of the Regiment

Don Pasquale 

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Bizet
Definition

verismo- realism in Opera

Carmen 

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Offenbach
Definition
Tales of Hoffman
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Berg
Definition

Lulu

Wosseck

sprechtstimme- sing/speaking 

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Female Voices
Definition

coluratura

lyric soprano

spinto

dramatic soprano 

mezzo

contralto

 

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Male Voices
Definition

countertenor

lyric tenor

Helden Tenor- heroic tenor, Wagner, Verdi 

baritone

bass 

Term
Wagner
Definition

Tristan and Isolde

Ring Cycle: The Rhinegold, The Valkerie, Seigfried, Twilight of the Gods

total Art Work- Gesamtkunstwerke 

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Verdi
Definition

AIDA

La Traviata

Il Trovatore

Macbeth

Don Carlos 

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Puccini
Definition

Tosca

Madame Butterfly

Il Tritico: Gianni Schicci, Suor Angelica, Il Tabarro 

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CavPac
Definition

two famous one acts that are paired together

Cavalleria Rustica and Il Pagliacci 

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