Handout - Opera Guild of Rochester

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Two Composers, one Opera Theme• In this lecture we will compare 5 opera stories setto music by two composers during the 19 thCentury.• We will compare the operatic styles of thebeginning to the last part of the 19 th century.• I will present to you similar events in each operato illustrate the differences in the use oforchestration and emphasis on the characters.• Some of the lesser known operas are onlyavailable as a recording and not in DVD. You willsee the translations on the screen for the Audio.
Two Sides to every Story:How two Composers treat the samePlotOtello: Willow songGiachino Rossini 1816 Giuseppe Verdi 1887Romeo and Juliette: Tomb scene with RomeoVincenzo Bellini 1830 Charles Gounod 1867Mermaid (Undine) Operas: Mermaid Love SongsAlbert Lortzing 1845 Antonin Dvorak 1901
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Page 6 and 7: Two Sides to every Story:How two Co
Page 8 and 9: Otello• Rossini’s s opera has t
Page 10 and 11: Rossini Willow Song continuedCast a
Page 12 and 13: Rossini Willow song endEmiliaO, wha
Page 14 and 15: Romeo and Juliette• In Gounod’s
Page 16 and 17: Mermaid (Undine) Operas, Mermaid Lo
Page 18 and 19: Mermaid Operas and Mermaid LoveSong
Page 20 and 21: Undine’s s TaleMany a fisher has
Page 22 and 23: Undine’s s Tale EndSo decide now
Page 24 and 25: Falstaff, after being thrown into t
Page 26 and 27: Falstaff, after thrown into the Tha
Page 28 and 29: La Boheme, Musetta’s s Waltz• P
Page 30 and 31: La Boheme, Musetta’s s Waltz• B
Page 32 and 33: Leoncavallo’s s Musetta’s s Cha
Page 34: Leoncavallo’s s Musetta’s s Wal

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