Music

• Libretto- The text of an opera written together by the librettist and composers
• Score- It is the musical composition where the composer and librettist put together all the musical notes and ideas for the performers to tell the story
• Recitative- It refers to the declamatory singing used in the prose and dialogue of opera
• Aria- a solo singing part sung by the main character with or without instrumental or orchestral accompaniment
• Acts- It refers to the main division of an opera
• Scene- it refers to division of an act which contains different vocal pieces
• Tenor- highest male voice
• Baritone- male voice between tenor and bass
• Bass- lowest male voice
• Soprano- highest female voice
• Mezzo Soprano- most common female voice
• Contralto- lowest female voice
• Theater- it refers to a place where performances take place
• Well known Greek tragedy playwrights

  • Sophocles
  • Euripides
  • Aeschylus
• Roman Theater

  • most common theme in Roman Theatrical plays were chariot races, gladiators and public executions.
• Medieval Theater

  • During this time all theater performances were disallowed and declared by the Church as an act of evil
• Renaissance Theater

  • Theater arts during this period were described as the return of Greek and Roman arts and culture in which university drama was formed to recreate Athenian tragedy
• Theatrical performers were called professional players on the Elizabethan stage
• Opera- it refers to the dramatic performances set to music for theatrical presentation
• Theatrical elements of opera

  • Music
  • Gestures and Movements
  • Costumes and Accessories