5. Opera
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Italian | English |
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 aria | This is the solo vocal performance of a song. |
| bel canto | This is an Italian word that means "beautiful song" which was popular during the nineteenth century. |
| cadenza | This is a molodic flourish of voice sung between specific arias. |
| coloratura | This is embellished pitch and ranges of soprano singing that may fluctuate from sharp trills to moments of fast singing. |
| diva | This is an Italian word that means "goddess," often used in reference to famous female opera stars. |
| ensemble | two or more singers performing simultaneously |
| grand opera | This is a type of opera that is totally sung and contains no spoken words. |
| libretto | This is an Italian word tht means "little book"; the script that accompanies musical compositions. |
| librettist | This is the writer who composes the libretto. |
| maestro | This is an Italian word that means "master", often used in reference to conductors, composers, or directors of music. |
| opera comique | This is a French word used to describe an opera that contains songs as well as spoken dialogue. |
| operetta | This is simlar to an opera yet contains more spoken words than words that are sung. |
| overture | This is a composition of music played as an introduction to a musical or opera. |
| range | The inclusive lowest to highest pitches that a particular voice can produce. |
| recitative | This is written text that describes the action and advances of the plot; the words are sung to few instrumental accompaniments, but sung in a fast speech pattern or in the pattern of ordinary speech. |
| singspiel | This is a term used to refer to music productions that use dialogue and instruments, similar to the opera comique. |
| vibrato | This is a wavering or trembling effect produced by a singers voice when sustained over a set period of time. |
| soprano | This is the highest range of pitch for a female singer. |
| mezzo soprano | This is the medium range of pitch for a female, between soprano and contralto. |
| contralto | This is the lowest range of pitch for a female. |
| tenor | This is the highest range of pitch for a male singer. |
| baritone | This is the medium range of pitch for a male singer. |
| bass | This is the lowest range of pitch for a male singer. |
| music theater | This is a combination of dialogue, vocal music, and instrumental music, all designed to advance the story line. |
| Jacopo Peri | This Italian composer wrote "Dafne" and later "Euridice", scripts that used the power of singing voices as well instruments to produce the unique new theater form of opera. |
| opera | This word has its roots in the Latin language. In Italy, where this musical art form originated, this word literally translates to "work". |
| Claudio Monteferdi | Another Italian composer who wrote "Orfeo". This opera is still performed in modern times. |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully | This man brought the art of ballet to the court of King Louis XIV. He also enlivened the dying form of opera in France. |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | This composer is still considered one of the best opera composers of all time. At age six, he could play three different instruments and wrote his first opera at the age of 13. He wrote more than six hundred compositions. |
| Vincenzo Bellini | This composer wrote "The William Tell Overture" and "The Barber of Seville". |
| Giuseppe Verdi | This man was one of the best known and widely produced composers of his time. His opera compositions include "Macbeth" and "Othello", based on plays written by Shakespeare. |
| Wilhelm Richard Wagner | This man was a composer, conductor, and writer who concentrated on applying these three areas of expertise into producing grand operas. His opera "Tristin and Isolde" was a love story based on lovers from the fictional works of King Arthur's court. |
| Giacomo Puccine | He wrote "manon Lescaut", "Tosca", and "Madame Butterfly". |
| Rock Opera | This was a collection of rock music which was set to a story line and performed in theaters and later produced in films. Some of these were "The Beat Opera," "Hair," and "Jesus Christ Superstar". |
| Peter Townsend | This member of the rock group "The Who" officially coined the term "rock opera" with the production of "Tommy" in 1969. |
| vocal folds | These, also known as vocal cords, are ligaments along either side of the larynx (voice box). This is where the human voice is produced. |
| the Bernoulli effect | This involves pushing air through the closed vocal cords that open and shut again as air pressure drops. It is through vibration that sound is produced. |
| onomatopoeia | This is using the voice to imitate particular sounds. Singers utilize the voice as an element of the instrumentals. |
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