Earky Classical Vocal And Opera

Question 1

classical

Answer 1

Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

noble simplicity, balance, perfection of form, diversity within unity, purpose

Providing people with knowledge,

Encyclopedia – the book of knowledge

Question 2

the enlightment

Answer 2

embracing rationalism
reason, combined with experience and knowledge could solve problems

Question 3

characteristics of classical

Answer 3

freqient resting points,

were needed to form a period,

The division of melody into phrases and periods,

Question 4

opera buffa

Answer 4

comic opera

• Full-length work with six or more singing characters
• Unlike comic opera in other countries, was sung throughout,
• Stock characters, Galant style arias,

Question 5

intermetzoo

Answer 5

another form of italian comic opera

• Took the form of two or three musical interludes between the acts of a serious opera or spoken,
• Opera seria -> intermezzo -> seria -> intermezzo

Question 6

opera seria

Answer 6

• Received its standard form from Italian poet Pietro Metastasio
• Alternating recitatives and arias, recitatives promote action through dialogue while aria is a soliloquy, actor gives vent to an overriding emotion or reaction,

Question 7

Career of Faustina bordoni,

Answer 7

• Commanding structure of the diva
• Established her reputation in Venice while still a teen.
• Several roles in handles London operas
• Can hold long notes, long breaths,

Question 8

John Adolf hasse

Answer 8

Master of opera seria,
* Directed music and opera in Dresden,
* Spent many years in Italy, married Faustina,
* Eighty operas use Metastasio librettos, some of which he set two or even three times