To people who have never been to a live opera performance, the experience of a grand opera may be rather mysterious. However, everyone in the real world is always exposed to opera music without even realizing it. It is not uncommon to hear music in TV commercials that can only be described as operatic in [...]
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Many German courts were heavily influenced by both Italian and French opera traditions. The Habsburg Empire which had its headquarters in Vienna was also influenced in an equally significant manner. In fact, great German composers such as Handel and Johan Sebastian succeeded because of their synthesis of these two opera traditions. Hamburg had time for opera [...] It is not all operas that have a music setting from the beginning to the end. This basically means that there are many types of operas. The most common type of opera is grand opera. This type of opera is set in music only. The Opera Buffe which is of French origin and its Italian [...] Mozart’s music style and the late eighteenth century Classical era music are virtually synonymous. The goal of Classical era music was to conform to specific standards and forms, to be succinct, clear, and well balanced, but at the same time, to develop musical ideas to an emotionally satisfying fullness. As a quintessential Classicist, Mozart’s music [...] During the latter part of the eighteenth century, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart innovated new perspectives for opera history, imbuing his operas with portrayals of profound matters of the heart, all set against the explosive social and political struggles of Enlightenment Europe. It was the beginning of Mozart and Opera history. Mozart became the first psychologist of opera [...] Mozart delighted in portraying themes dealing with the inspired ideals of the Enlightenment. He was living and composing during a monumental historical period of social upheaval and ideological transition. It was a time in which the common man struggled for his rights against the tyranny and oppression of his aristocratic master. In particular, The Marriage [...] In the beginning of opera history, there was silence. In the beginning there were words. In the beginning there was music. The genius of man combined silence, words and music, and created a magical art form: opera. A drama conveys its story through words and action. Opera is a formal theatrical medium that expresses its dramatic [...] |
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