Arts

• Theater/Opera


  A form of art that features live performances by actors or actresses who present real or imagined events before a live audience. They perform to their audience through their dialogues, songs, dance, music, and even gestures.
• Theater


  The term came from the Greek word "théatron" that can be translated as a means "to see," "to watch," or "to observe."
• History of Theater


  • Greek Theater - To honor their Gods
  • Ancient Theater - Established the Theatron
  • Roman Theater - Festival theater (street theater, acrobatics, and comedy)
  • Medieval Theater - They performed in markets, public places, festivals, and travelled to other places to keep theater alive
  • Renaissance Theater - Mystery plays formed a part of religious festivals
  • Baroque Theater - Use of technology in performances
  • Neoclassical Theater - Costumes & sceneries were highly elaborated. Main concepts is to entertain and teach lessons
  • Romantic Theater - melodrama and operas became most popular theatrical form
• Opera


  An art and musical form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (called libretto) and a musical score.
• Opera originated in Italy at the end of the 16th century.
• Opera


  They combined poetry and music, creating plays that incorporate songs, spoken language, dance, and string or wind instruments accompanied by music.
• Opera


  The word opera means "work".
• Opera


  • Music is usually performed by a full orchestra, but sometimes smaller ensembles are also used
  • In an opera, the dialogue is not spoken; rather, it is sung entirely in a manner known as recitative - wherein a singer adopts the rhythms of regular speech
• Libretto

  Text used in an opera
• Musical Score


  Written form of a musical composition
• Opera house


  Cultural center
• Stage Elements of a Greek Theatre

  • Orchestra
  • Skene
  • Theatron (audience)
• Spectacle in theatre


  The visual elements of a play created for the theatrical event, involving scenery, costumes, and special effects
• Scenery


  The background used in theatrical performance
• Costume


  The distinctive style of clothing an individual or group wears in theater performance, reflecting their class, gender, profession, ethnicity, nationality, activity, or epoch
• Special Effects


  Mechanical effects, including mechanized props, scenery, scale models, animatronics, pyrotechnics, and atmospheric effects