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Opera

Terms in this set (23)

Opera
A piece of music set to a drama performance
Aria
An air or song for solo voice within an opera or oratorio
Opera Seria
Serious Opera
Opera Comique
Comic Opera
Opera Buffa
Light Hearted Opera
Don Giovanni
A significant Opera by Mozart
Recitative
Singing whilst reciting the narrative to the opera
Verismo
Late Romantic style - Realism
Ensemble
A musical group
Overture
Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Liberetto
A book of text containing the words of a opera.
da capo aria
A ternary or A-B-A form that brings back the first section with embellishments improvised by the soloist.
accompagnato
Full orchestral accompaniment for a recitative
choruses
groups of singers that sing and dance
bel canto
"Beautiful Singing" in Italian. refers to a style of opera that featured much vocal technique and beautiful singing
Secco
The French term meaining dry. This typically refers to recitative with a "dry" or sparse accompaniment.
Accompagnato
Full orchestral accompaniment for a recitative
Sinfonia
Short instrumental work, found in Baroque opera, to facilitate scene changes
Librettist
Author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta
Montiverdi
1567-1643 Italian Baroque Composer famous for his Operas including Orfeo, L'incoronazione di Poppea.
Purcell
1659-1695 British Baroque Composer famous for his operas Dido and Aeneas and the Fairy Queen. He used the English language in his Operas
Melisma
Use of many notes on one syllable.
Singspiel
German genre of opera, featuring spoken dialogue interspersed with songs, choruses, and instrumental music
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