Music

Cards (9)

  • OPERA
    • A grand occasion because it was used as part of the marriage of the King of France to an Italian princess
    • It has the most expensive production on account of the involvement of many experts
  • OPERETTA
    Small opera wherein the characters speak between songs
  • ART SONG
    Living musical language that draws on the contemporary traditions of poetry and song of each country
  • LIBRETTIST
    A person who writes the word for a musical work for the theater
  • CHAD GASTA: 'The opera is described as an entertainment where "Intellect and every noblest sentiment are fascinated at one and the same moment by the most delectable art ever devised by human genius"'
  • SOPRANO
    The highest voice for female
  • LIBRETTO
    The "little book" because it contains the text of an opera
  • MEZZO SOPRANO
    Common voice classification for female
  • ARIA
    The significant part of the opera which they give opportunity and highlight for the leading, characters to express deep feelings of love and farewell