Maria Callas gives an outstanding performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. This is unsurprising as Callas was one of the most famous sopranos of her time and a recognised Diva. The Newspaper review is gushing in praise of Callas who gives a powerful and convincing performance. It is noted that the reviewer had some reservations on a previous performance but the performance of Violetta in La Traviata left the reviewer in no doubt that Callas gave a performance that was the best
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19th I attended an opera by the Auburn University’s Department of Music Opera Workshop. The opera was titled “The Art of Deception” and consisted of 6 marvelous pieces‚ numerous with sub-pieces that summed it up as a whole. The opera’s intent was to deceive you as well as create wondering in your imagination‚ with numerous illusions and mysteries portrayed in the performance itself. The first performance of the opera that caught my attention was “Gianni Schicchi”‚ an Italian opera that consisted of
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concubine‚ takes place at the Beijing opera training school. The Beijing opera training school is a big traditional house where they train the young boys to become opera stars. This opera house seems to be isolated from the outside with their own sets of rules and ideals set apart from the rest of the world. Even if these rules and ideals are made up of beatings and suffering‚ the boys in the house only had one goal in life‚ which was to become famous opera stars‚ and they would risk anything to
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The seventeenth century was a time of great change in musical style‚ particularly in opera‚ which was becoming much more popular and was beginning to be focused on a lot more. Opera was spreading out from Italy and into other countries in Europe‚ although Venice remained the centre of activity. In October 1697‚ a Venetian opera newsletter stated that “Truly today operas have become so common in every part of Italy‚ that not only in its famous cities‚ but even in various towns and villages they are
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Teatro Sant ’ Angelo‚ an opera theater in Venice. He also remained active as a composer having twelve concertos published in Amsterdam by the music publisher Estienne Roger‚ perhaps the best-known‚ and almost certainly the best-organized printer/publisher of the baroque era and Vivaldi’s major publisher‚ under the title l ’Estro armonico (Harmonic Inspiration). In 1713‚ Vivaldi was given leave for one month from the Ospedale della Pietà in order to stage his first opera‚ Ottone in villa‚ in Vicenza
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artist. Richard’s stepfather educated him. Richard attended Leipzig University to study music‚ but he dropped out of college to take a job in a small opera house. Wagner fell in love with a lady that also worked at the opera‚ Minna Planer‚ and shortly after that the two of them got married. Richard began to compose his own operas. He wrote tons of operas such as “Rienzi‚” “The Flying Dutchman‚” “Tannhauser‚” Lohengrin‚” and “Der fliegende Holländer.” Wagner decided to call for a renewal of Greek antiquity
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had earned some attention for his skill to play the organ. It was 1704 when Handel made his debut composing operas. Almira was Handel’s first opera‚ it became very successful and was performed 20 times. Handel went on to compose more successful operas which inspired him to goto Italy‚ and it was in Italy where Handel composed Rodrigo and Agrippina. While in London Handel began writing opera for the King’s Theatre‚ and in just 2 weeks he had composed Rinaldo which was his best piece yet and had gained
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about his later life and works. From the first‚ he threw himself into his interests of stage. Young Wagner was rather obsessed with the German Romantic spirit of Carl Maria von Weber‚ and enlisted his school friends to act out scenes from his operas in his mini-theatre (Macy 134). Due to the deaths of his father and then step-father‚ Wagner was shuffled around quite a bit‚ to be cared for by friends and family members. Despite all of this‚ the young Wagner received a good classical education
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Baroque Music Opera was the new musical form of the Baroque period and it was very expressive of the baroque cultural values. By then end of the operatic form was stylized into a recipe‚ including improbable plots‚ small motivations for the characters‚ and magical transformations‚ which were signs of opera’s baroque nature. Oprheus united drama‚ dance‚ elaborate stage mechanisms‚ and scenery with music. Johann Sebastian Bach was one artist whose greatest legacy was religious music. His works
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Samuel Barber‚ one of the most prominent and popular American composers of the mid-20th century‚ wrote effectively in virtually every genre‚ including opera‚ ballet‚ vocal‚ choral‚ keyboard‚ chamber‚ and orchestral music. His music is notable for its warmly Romantic lyricism‚ memorable melodies‚ and essentially conservative harmonic style‚ all of which put him at odds with the prevailing modernist aesthetic of his time. Barber was a member of the first class at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia
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