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Opera
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I am an opera...
•1) Lover
•2) Hater
•3) I don’t really know
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•What’s an opera?
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Beginnings
•ca. 1600, Forentine Camerata
•monody
•mythology (La Dafne, 1598)
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Monteverdi, L’ Orfeo (1607)
Orpheus & Euridice
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Opera has its beginnings in...
•1) the tradition of the school musical
•2) the Nineteenth century
•3) an attempt to replicate Greek tragedies
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By mid-17th century,
•Open to public
•Star solo singers
•Aria and Recitative
•Entertainment & Spectacle
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•Recitative = “spoken” portions
•Aria = “sung” portions
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Handel, Giulio Cesare (1724)
http://youtu.be/KlTTcooIR84
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Late 17th- and early 18th-century operas tend to be•1) focused most on entertainment
•2) very serious, solemn, and understated
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Enlightenment-era operas probably
•1) catered mostly to the ruling class
•2) emphasized social reform
•3) were televised shortly after their first performances
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•new focus on middle-class, ruling class made fun of
•moralistic/socially aware
Enlightenment-era Opera
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Mozart, Don Giovanni (1787)
Don Giovanni & Leporello Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Zerlina
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Romantic-era Opera
•Italy
•France
•Germany
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Verdi, La Traviata (1853)Alfredo, Violetta