Music moves the action of the story, expresses emotions and mood deepens our Understanding of the characters
Orchestra refers to a group of musicians Led by a conductor, ans orchestra is an ensemble that is comprised of string, woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments
Score it is a notated piece of music showing each voice or instrumental part on its own staff
Overture it is an orchestra piece that may be played at the very beginning of the opera before any action takes place on stage
Musical theme are complete ideas that are crafted to be memorable to tge listeners.
Recitative composed to sound like natural patterns of speech
Aria - vocal solo expressing personal or reflection
Ensemble - A piece that is sung by two or more characters at the same time
Musical Theme - they are heard throughout the operas and are associated with a particular character or characters, situation, an idea, object, or emotion
Recitative - singing that has a rhythm of talking
Recitative - it is used for conversation between characters or to move the plot of the story
Chorus - group of singers who perform together as one voice
Chorus often providing background music for the above, a chorus is a group of people singing together in Parts or in unison