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2. Websites for the study of Opera
3. HOW TO PREPARE AN OPERA ROLE
4. 20th Century Opera and the introduction of Symbolism, Expressionism, Realism, Fantasy
5. Here is a "short" list of operas. Can you name the composers? Add to the list. dana.talley@nyack.edu
Aida Luisa Miller
Anna Bolena Macbeth
La Bohême Madama Butterfly
Un ballo, in Maschera Manon Lescaut
II barbiere di Siviglia Nabucco
I Capuleti ed i Montecchi Otello
La Cenerentola I Puritani
Le Compte Ory Rigoletto
Don Carlo La rondine
Don Pasquale Simon Boccanegra
L ‘elisir d ‘amore La sonnambula
Ernani Suor Angelica
Falstaff Gianni Schicchi
La fanciulla del west La Traviata
La forza del destino Turandot
Gianni Schicchi II Turco di ltalia
Lucrezia Borgia Les Huguenots
L ‘Africaine Faust
Romeo et Juliette Elektra
L’amour des trois oranges Wozzeck
Porgy and Bess Peter Grimes
The Rake’s Progress Die Walkure
Parsifal Die Meistersinge
Siegfried Hansel und Gretel
Norma Nabucco
L’ Incoroniazione di Poppea Orfeo
Dido and Aneas Giulio Cesare
La Serva Padrona Orfeo ed Euridice
Le Nozze di Figaro Don Giovanni
Die Zauberflote Fidelio
The Bartered Bride Salome
Der Rosenkavalier Mathis der maler
Il Tabarro Boris Gudanov
Dialogue of the Carmelites Turandot
Eugene Onegin Albert Herring
Amahl and the Night Visitors The Medium
Carmen Samson et Delilah
Opera Literature
We should be all able to identify excerpts of the major German, Italian, French, and English language operas of the 19th and 20th centuries. Composers should include Beethoven, Weber, Johann Strauss, Jr., Wagner, Richard Strauss, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Offenbach, Puccini, Verdi, Gounod, Bizet, Massenet Debussy, Berg, Britten, Stravinsky and Leoncavallo, and a few others.
In Vocal Literature, MUS 234, we will take one opera from the 19th century and, if there is time, one from the 20th century, as examples to show how to study the major operatic works. This will include the study of the music, plot, composers, librettists, and singers who created these operas, as well as the political and social environment in which the creators worked. We will also discuss the performance requirements of the operas (vocal and dramatic types needed for various roles, chorus, ballet, etc.) You all will need to know the characteristics of Italian opera seria, opera buffa, and verismo, in addition to major German operas and French opéra comique and Grand opera.