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  • 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