Opera history Flashcards
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(Frame of drama vs. pure music?) Italian Origins/Court Opera Italian Baroque Public Opera Opera seria codified; "first reform of Zeno and Metastasio" French Baroque Tragedie Lyrique Gluck's Reforms English Opera (first from french)
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Opera Buffa origins; Serva Padrona
Piccini, Cimarosa, Mozart’s fusion
Singspiel
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Italy: Bel Canto Germany: Romantic opera; Weber France: Grand Opera; Opera Comique Verdi and Wagner Other notables (Massenet, Tchaik, Dvorak, Smetana, Mussorsky)
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Early 20th century Verismo and Puccini Strauss Korngold die Todt Stadt Expressionist Opera: Wozzeck, Lulu Schoenberg Erwartung
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20th century trends: Expressionist Number opera (Wozzeck), Stravinsky Rake's Progress (1951) Oedipus Rex Hindemith Mathis der Mahler Britten Henze Shostakovich Tippet (political opera) Minimalism: Glass and Adams Neoromantic American Opera (Previn, Harbison,Puts etc) (George Benjamin) Musicla theater as Opera (Sondheim..Bernstein too)
