motivate the Utah Opera to oppose the merger with the Utah Symphony. Vroom’s Expectancy Theory assumes that behavior results from conscious choices among alternatives whose purpose it is to maximize pleasure and minimize pain. (Research:University of Cambridge) People are more likely to be motivated to do something when they believe it will be a positive benefit for them. Mr. Bailey must decide whether or not to support the merger and determine if the outcome is beneficial to the Opera. Mr. Bailey
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Baroque Era saw the eruption of the opera‚ concerto and oratorio genre. Opera begun to spread throughout Europe becoming the ultimate multimedia experience of the day. Concerto became the most important orchestral genre during the period. While oratorio remained glued to its beginning of sacred religious vocal music. Each genre adding great composers to the already hefty list. Composer George Handel is most famous for the oratorio Messiah as well his opera Julius Caesar‚ while Vivaldi championed
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Puccini’s opera "Madame Butterfly" and David Henry Hwang’s play after "M.Butterfly" Concept memorable‚ "Madame Butterfly" this work speaks in an American seaman Pinkerton married a Japanese geisha Cho Cho‚ they spend after a period of happy time‚ Pinkerton left. Cho Cho for the Pinkerton gave birth to a child‚ journeying to wait for Pinkerton to come back. Three years later‚ Pinkerton with his American wife came to Cho Cho to have children. Cho Cho despair and died. "M.Butterfly" is Hwang’s masterpiece
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Concert report 1 Cosi Fan Tutte I attended an opera by Mozart titled Cosi Fan Tutte with my grandparents. It was in Houston Tx. at the Houston Grand Opera House September 22 from 7:00-10:30. The performers were Elizabeth Futral as Fiordiligi‚ Uliana Alexyuk as Dorabella‚ Jason Graae as Don Alfonso‚ Joseph Kaiser as Ferrando‚ Liam Bonner as Guglielmo‚ Dannielle DuBose as Despina. The orchestra was The Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus. The performers did attempt to authenticate the performance
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they are Excessive ornamentation 3. What is the “Doctrine of Affections”? Aesthetic Theory‚ musical moods could and should be used to communicate to the listener a specific emotion. 4. The single most important NEW GENRE of the Baroque Period was opera. 5. The two primary elements that were constant in most music from the Baroque Period were melody and a strong bass. 6. In Renaissance music‚ all vocal parts (soprano‚ alto‚ tenor‚ bass) were considered equally important. However‚ in the Baroque
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years of composing. Glass began as an experimental composer of music‚ until he penned his first opera in 1975‚ Einstein on the Beach‚ which became widely acclaimed. It was after this opera when Glass became extremely prolific in the opera and theatre community. In 1980 he composed Satyagraha‚ which was based on the life of Gandhi and his experiences in South Africa. This opera proved
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Jean Baptiste Lully was a prolific composer who is best known for establishing French Opera. (Boynick) Born in Florence on the 28th of November 1632‚ (Boynick) Giovanni Battista Lulli was a miller ’s son. (Sadie 2000 pg 166) Lully first arrived in France in March of 1646 (Jean Baptiste Lully) to work as an attendant for a female courtier. (Sadie 2000 pg. 166) "During his six years in her household‚ Lully‚ already an expert at the guitar and violin‚ polished his skills as a performer and composer
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ornamentations in music (e.g. trills‚ acciaccaturas‚ glissando). It changed the way we wrote music and new styles of techniques were invented. Baroque music expanded the size‚ range‚ and complexity of instrumental performance‚ and also established opera as a musical genre. An important technique used in baroque music was the use of ground bass‚ a repeated bass line. Modes (Modes - Any of the eight scales of the medieval music‚ each distinguished by its ending note‚ its arrangement of pitches in intervals
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classic. This was shown in when Mozart was attempting to convince the royal court with his opera that was to take place in a harem in Turkey. Mozart exclaims‚ “ I am fed to the teeth with elevated themes! Old dead legends! Why must we go on forever writing about gods and legends?” To which Baron Van Swieten responds‚ “Because they do. They go on forever. Or at least what they represent. The eternal in us. Opera is here to enoble us. You and me‚ just the same as His Majesty.” The common people on the
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be one of the few successful plays that would be turned into an opera. Verdi wrote the opera with librettists Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei. The opera was written around 1846 and premiered on March 14‚ 1847 at the Teatro dell Pergola in Florence‚ Italy. A few years later the Verdi revised the opera adding a ballet into it and taking out some things and was performed at the Teatre Lyrique in Paris on April 21‚ 1865. This opera in comparison to the play begins with the third scene of the play
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