Съдържание: Opera /

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Съдържание:

The singers. The singer as an individual ; Classification of voices ; Voices and roles ; Other voices
Words and music : concepts and definitions. Spoken dialogue ; Melodrama ; Recitative ; Arioso ; Aria and song
Recitative and aria. The Metastasian ideal ; Variations : recitative ; Scenes in recitative ; Aria without recitative
Duet, trio, quartet, quintet. Duet as an extension of aria ; Larger ensembles
Finale and introduction
The chorus. The chorus as scenery ; The chorus as sound ; The chorus as narrator and commentator ; The chorus as protagonist
The orchestra and its use. eginnings : the continuo and the singer ; Monteverdi and expansion of the orchestra ; Later seventeenth-century practice ; Neapolitan opera and spectacular singing ; Mozart, Gluck, and the accompanying orchestra ; The nineteenth century and the giant orchestra ; The twentieth century : reaction against the giant orchestra ; On and off-stage music
Prelude and overture. The call to attention ; Prelude ; The potpourri opening ; The formalized overture ; Miscellaneous openings
Dance and pantomime. Nineteenth-century struggles ; Other countries ; Dance as scenery ; Principals as dancers ; Pantomime and gesture
Opera and music drama
Summation : opera as music and drama.