The Phantom of the Opera is a classic story in which we are presented with a character (the Phantom) and his oddities‚ and are actually given the choice whether to like him or to loathe him. In the Story the Phantom is a character who has an impaired judgment and a disfigured face from birth‚ henceforth disenabling him from distinguishing between right from wrong and coping with society’s norms. It is these mental and facial impediments coupled with his violent and gruesome choices that drive him
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Comparing Opera and Ballet from Beginning to Present Time During the 17th Century Opera and Ballets were combined and performed in the same productions (Smith 23). French Opera began to form in “1669 and after many issues came throughout the creation‚ they finalized French Opera in 1673” (Mongredien 120). It is noted that the roots of Opera “were influenced from Greek and Roman tragedy‚ Ancient Rhetoric and work of Plato and Aristotle” (Giroud). The first impact of French Opera “was made by Luigi
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This week’s material was light‚ all of it relating to the rise of opera. To help understand the influences that allowed for opera to emerge‚ two late madrigals were presented. Monteverdi’s Cruda Amarilli highlighted how the harmonic language of seconda practica broke existing harmonic rules to express the text. Most of the expression presents itself through dissonances on words such as "amaramente" and "l’aspido‚" all relating to the feelings of discord or distress. The second piece was Caccini’s
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Brittany Pacheco Writing 3: Opera Opera‚ starting out the Baroque period‚ stemmed from Humanism in the Renaissance era. Opera went back to wanting to make people have a emotional response to the music they were listening to through the musical devices that they used to write the music. They were becoming obsessed again with the Greek style of music however‚ they wanted to make it better and so they came up with some of their own new developments for example‚ one device they used was the stile
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The term opera seria refers to the noble and ‘serious’ style of Italian opera that predominated in Europe from 1710- 1770 however this term was rarely used during this time and only really attained common usage when it was becoming unfashionable. The phrase opera buffa was first used as an informal description of the Italian comic operas which were especially associated with developments in Naples during the first half of the eighteenth century. The development of the opera buffa was parallel with
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The goal of the Metropolitan Opera is to educate society about culture and the performing arts‚ in particular‚ opera. The Met aims to present operas of the highest quality featuring the world’s most talented performers and the broadest range of works. It tries not to repeat any operas and puts on from twenty-five operas a season‚ not to mention the tours and the recordings that they undergo. The Met also attempts to advance operas by producing new ones that are risky productions‚ which attracts a
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Beijing Opera (or Peking Opera) has existed for over 200 years. It is widely regarded as the highest expression of the Chinese culture. It is known as one of the three main theatrical systems in the world. Artistically‚ Beijing Opera is perhaps the most refined form of opera in the world. It has deeply influenced the hearts of the Chinese people. Although it is called Beijing Opera‚ its origins are not in Beijing but in the Chinese provinces of Anhui and Hubei. Beijing Opera got its two main melodies
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Analysis of Erik‚ Phantom of the Opera Using Two Contrasting Personality Theories The tremendously popular and well-known Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1986 musical production of The Phantom of the Opera was based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l’Opéra written by Gaston Leroux in1910 (Leroux‚ 1910/1990). The original novel gave little direct details with respect to Erik’s past; what was abundant however were hints and implications about the character’s life history throughout the book (Leroux‚ 1910/1990)
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Opera and Musicals Opera and musicals are popular performing arts of the world. Since a majority of people think that musicals are a lighter and an easier genre of performing art than opera‚ musicals are more widely appreciated than opera in this century. Opera and musicals both consist of music‚ stage‚ story‚ performer and audience‚ however‚ there are numerous differences among these elements. Opera’s history begins in Italy in late 16th century with a group called Camerata. Camerata was
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Mechanics 1-1 Introduction In an effort to compete with film and TV‚ theatrical stage scenery has been growing larger‚ more complicated and more ambitions year after year. This trend began with Broadway shows such as Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera and continues today. This trend has been expanding from the commercial markets to regional theatres across the country. In order to meet the needs of these large scale and often non-traditional physical productions technical directors and theatre
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