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    Romantic opera developed in the early 19th century in Germany from French opéra comique. It uses recitative to imitate speech and arias for characters to express emotions through melody. Different styles also emerged in France, Germany, and Italy. There are several genres of opera including comic opera, serious opera, opera semiseria, opera comique, grand opera, and verismo opera which features everyday characters. Famous composers of romantic opera included Jacopo Peri, known for the earliest preserved opera Euridice, and Francesco Cavalli known for his opera Giasone.

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    Romantic opera developed in the early 19th century in Germany from French opéra comique. It uses recitative to imitate speech and arias for characters to express emotions through melody. Different styles also emerged in France, Germany, and Italy. There are several genres of opera including comic opera, serious opera, opera semiseria, opera comique, grand opera, and verismo opera which features everyday characters. Famous composers of romantic opera included Jacopo Peri, known for the earliest preserved opera Euridice, and Francesco Cavalli known for his opera Giasone.

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    Romantic opera developed in the early 19th century in Germany from French opéra comique. It uses recitative to imitate speech and arias for characters to express emotions through melody. Different styles also emerged in France, Germany, and Italy. There are several genres of opera including comic opera, serious opera, opera semiseria, opera comique, grand opera, and verismo opera which features everyday characters. Famous composers of romantic opera included Jacopo Peri, known for the earliest preserved opera Euridice, and Francesco Cavalli known for his opera Giasone.

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    Romantic

    Opera
    Lesson 2
    WHAT IS OPERA?

    -An art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic


    work combining text (libretto) and musical score.

    -Usually in a theatrical setting.

    -Incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting,


    scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance.
    ROMANTIC OPERA
    ● Romantische Oper (German for "romantic
    opera")
    ● a genre of early nineteenth-century German
    opera, developed not from the German
    Singspiel of the eighteenth-century but from the
    opéras comiques of the French Revolution.
    DIFFERENT SINGING STYLES WERE
    DEVELOPED FOR THE FOLLOWING SUCH AS:

    A RECITATIVE
    Imitating the pattern and
    rhythm of the speech.

    B ARIA
    When a character expresses
    feelings through a flowing
    melody
    The opera fostered different national styles in
    three of Europe’s leading musical countries-
    France, Germany and Italy. Most operas are
    written in French, German, and Italian.
    GENRES OF OPERA
    COMIC OPERA
    A OPERA D CORNIQUE

    SERIOUS GRAND
    B OPERA E OPERA

    OPERA OPERA
    C SEMISERIA F VERISMO
    COMIC OPERA

    -also called Light Opera


    -musical plays with light subject matter and happy
    endings
    -dialogue is usually spoken, rather than sung.
    TYPES OF COMIC OPERA

    Italian German English


    Opera Singspiel Ballad Spanish
    Buffa Opera Tonadilla and
    Zarzuela
    SERIOUS OPERA

    - styleof Italian opera dominant in 18th-century Europe.


    - it emerged in the late 17th century (notably in the work
    of Alessandro Scarlatti and other composers working in
    Naples, frequently called Neapolitan opera.)
    - primary musical emphasis of opera seria: solo voice and
    on bel canto, the florid vocal style of the period.
    OPERA SEMISERIA

    - Opera Semiseria is a type of opera that was popular in the early and
    middle 19th century.
    - Similar to Opera seria, it is "serious" in the way that is heavily based on
    the appeal to emotion, otherwise known as pathos.
    - However, it contains some elements of comedy akin to Opera buffa, the
    popular rival of Opera seria.
    - It is most distinguished by the presence of basso buffo, and generally
    features a wider variety of characters and vocal types than opera buffo.
    OPERA CORNIQUE

    - Is a type of French opera wherein instead


    of singing, the lines are spoken. In its early
    form, it was satirical but would, later on,
    have serious storylines such as Carmen by
    Georges Bizet.
    GRAND OPERA

    - Refers to the type of opera which emerged in


    Paris during the 19th century. It's an opera of a
    larger scale, from the flamboyant costumes to
    the choruses; it also includes ballet. An example
    of this type is Robert le Diable by Giacomo
    Meyerbeer.
    OPERA VERMISO

    - Verismo is Italian for "realism;"


    - it's a type of opera that emerged during the later part of the
    19th century.
    - characters were often based on everyday people you may
    meet in real life, and the plot is often melodramatic.
    - an example is Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo.
    Composers of
    Romantic Opera
    Jacopo Peri

    - Euridice by Jacopo Peri is


    known as the earliest opera that's
    been preserved
    Francesco Cavalli

    Another famous opera composer


    was Francesco Cavalli
    especially noted for his opera
    Giasone (Jason) which
    premiered in 1649.
    THANK YOU FOR
    LISTENING!

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