Music

• main division of an opera. acts
• setting or place. scene
• air or solo singing and audience will remember as they they the opera house. aria
• declamatory singing. recitative
• the book that the librettist and composer put together. score
• the text of an opera. libretto
• highest male voice. tenor
• middle male voive, common male voice. baritone
• lowest male voice. bass
• highest female voice. soprano
• highest soprano voice. coloratura
• most common female voice, strong middle voice, tone is darker or deeper than soprano. mezzo-soprano
• lowest female voice and unique. contralto
• one or more singers singing without instruments accompaniment. acapella
• singing style, cantabille
• head, beginning. capo
• sweetly, dolce
• a weaker and more airy voice. falsetto
• closing section appended to a movement or song. coda
• sliding quickly between two notes. glissando
• parts of singing voice where register transition occurs. passagio
• slight speeding up or slowing down. rubato
• most comfortable singing range of singer. tessitura
• rapidly repeated slight variation during a sustained voice. vibrato
• theater means. place of seeing
• ancient theaters. greek and roman
• european theater began in. ancient greece
• greek has religious of festival called. the cult of dionysus
• 3 well-known greek tragedy playwrights. sophocles, euripides, aeschylus
• 3 types of drama in ancient greek theater. tragedy, comedy, satyr
• most admired play. it dealt with tragic events and have an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character. tragedy
• father of tragedy. thespis
• only three performers are allowed on stage each play. greek theater
• women are not allowed to perform. greek theater
• derives from imitation. comedy
• wrote most of the comedy. aristophanes
• a humurous tale about a strong woman who led a female coalition to end war in Greece survived. Lysistrata
• Adventurous comedy by Euripides. Cyclops
• contain comic elements to lighten the overall mood or a serious play with a happy ending. satyr play
• This featured half man and half goat. satyrs