OPER

A composition having
It is a musical
all or most of its text set to music
arias, recitative, chorus, duets, trios,
etc. sung to the orchestral
accompaniment.
COMPONENTS OF THE OPERA

Libretto
- the text of
an opera
Overture
-instrumental
composition which
serves as an
introduction to the
Recitative
- a sung dialogue; a
vocal
part that is declaimed
following the pattern of
speech rather than melody.
Aria
- a which
song and
poetically
musically feeling
dramatic reflects
Score
- The book that the
composer and librettist
put together.
Duo, trio and
small
other ensembles
-a group of
musicians,
actors, or dancers
who perform together.
 Chorus
-Broadly speaking, a chorus is any
substantial group who act more or less as
one. They can give the history to an
event so the opera does not have to
elaborate by showing the event. They are
usually set as a group - examples being -
Beethoven's Fidelio as the prisoners,
Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana as the
villagers, Bizet's Carmen as the factory
Orchestra
-An orchestra isa larg
instrumentalensemble e
contains sections of that
brass, wood string
wind, percussion ,
Orchestra
-. A smaller-sized orchestra for this
time period (of about fifty musicians or
fewer) is called a chamber orchestra. A
full- size orchestra (about 100 musicians)
may sometimes be called a "symphony
orchestra" or "philharmonic orchestra"
Teno
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- Highest male voice
- The highest paid
singer
- Plays the hero or
Baritone

- Middle male voice;

common male voice

- Usually plays the villain,

evil prison wardens, or
other antagonists.
Bass

- Lowest male voice

- Plays priests,
kings, fathers, and
sometimes Devil.
Soprano

- Highest female voice

- Plays heroines, sweet

things and get paid
the most
Coloratura

- Highest soprano
voice
Lyric

- Bright and full sound

Dramatic

- Darker full sound

 Mezzo-Soprano

- Most common female voice;

strong middle voice, tone is
darker or deeper than the
soprano

-Plays evil characters,

seductress,
teenage boy sometimes
Contralto

- Lowest female voice and

most unique among female

- Portrays maids, mothers,

grandmothers, and some
witches
A
Capella
- One or singers
more performing
instrumental without
accompaniment
Cantabile

- In a singing style
Capo

- head, the beggining

Coda

- Closing section appended

to a movement or song
Dolce

- sweetly
Falsetto

- A weaker and more airy

voice usually in the higher
pitch ranges
Glissando

- Sliding quickly between 2

notes
Passagio

- Parts of a singing voice

where register transitions
occur
Rubato

- Slight speeding up or
slowing down of the tempo
of a piece at discretion of
the soloist
Tessitura

- The most
comfortable singing range
of a singer
Vibrato

- A rapidly repeated slight

pitch variation during a
sustained note, to give a
richer and more varied
sound.
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