merger builds on these strengths and weaknesses by creating a better future for both companies. Strength points: Symphony became one of the first orchestras from the western united stated to tour internationally. Unlike artists who worked for the opera‚ musicians employed by the USO received a full year contract and earned a full time salary. They had well management and financial that they were able to go to several cities and have hundreds concerts A weaking of the economy‚ the bursting of
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and Richard [Wagner]- and after that nobody. Mark that!" (Comini‚390) Just as Beethoven revolutionized symphonic repertoire‚ playing a pivotal figure in the transition from classicism to romanticism‚ Wagner played a pivotal role in revolutionizing opera‚ taking it from a frivolous and ridiculous source of entertainment to a constantly evolving art-form which adopted an almost religious following. Beethoven paved the way for Wagner ’s art-work of the future by rejecting the intellectualized Classical
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MUH2012 The Stranded Woman La Traviata‚ which translates to “the stranded woman”‚ is an opera that serves as an optimal example of a musical style in which form follows function. La Traviata follows the main character‚ Violetta Valéry‚ in her journey to battle the disease that is slowly but surely consuming her‚ as well as the cruel fate of her short time with the love of her life. This opera can be simply broken down by plot in relation to character development in relation to musical choice
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such as an opera‚ play‚ ballet‚ etc to set the mood for what is coming up in the rest of the performance. Concert overtures started to appear in the early 19th century or the Romantic era. These overtures were inspired by a play or story‚ but they did not necessarily lead up to a larger work. Instead‚ they were independent‚ individual concert pieces that did not allude to stage performance. They usually had a literary theme though. The William Tell Overture was written to open an opera composed by
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2010 Rigoletto - Why Was it Written? Giuseppe Verdi’s opera‚ Rigoletto‚ was written during a time when the major Italian cities were especially sensitive with any political‚ moral‚ and religious implications of all public displays. Based on the controversial drama‚ Le roi s’amuse‚ by Victor Hugo‚ the production of Rigoletto was taken negatively because of the beliefs of that time. However‚ when asked to write an opera specifically for San Carlo‚ Verdi took Le roi s’amuse and censored
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untrustworthy‚ and have an association to music and dancing. (Lecture 2/27) Georges Bizet’s Carmen is a French Opera that uses Spanish style music to single out and profile Carmen. Carmen represents the stereotypical Roma women. She “is a foreigner‚ an ethnic outsider… comes from the lower class… flouts the law… is sexually available and promiscuous.” (Frisch 170) Throughout the Opera her appearances and songs are captured using “Spanish style dances‚ rhythms‚ and melodies.” (Frisch 170) Clearly
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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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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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What is Musical theatre and what makes it different than any other theatre with music forms‚ especially Opera? Musical Theatre The art of music‚ dance and drama have been linked together since the dawn of time and are still really connected with one another that it is inadvisable to try to tell the difference between them too definitely. Figure 1 – Musical Theatre Performance4 Figure 1 – Musical Theatre Performance4 It is rare a production has no music in it whatsoever. Most plays either call
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Mu Guying Takes Command is a Beijing Opera drama piece written during the Song Dynasty and later adapted by Mei Lanfang in 1959 (Yang 64). For companies or groups intending to perform the play in a traditional style‚ they would require an informed knowledge of the costumes and symbolism that is authentic to the Song era‚ culture and most importantly theatrical tradition. Basic knowledge of types of costumes and the various roles would be paramount. In performance‚ each role projects an ideal through
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