9-MAPEH Q4

• Libretto - The text of an opera.
• Score - The book that the composer and librettist put together.
• Recitative - Declamatory singing, used in the prose parts and dialogue of opera
• Aria - An air or solo singing part sung by a principal character.
• Acts - Main divisions of an opera
• Scene - Setting or place
• Tenor - It refers to the highest male voice.
• Baritone -It refers to the middle male voice, lies between Bass and Tenor voices. It is the common male voice.
• Bass - It refers to the lowest male voice.
• Soprano - It refers to the highest female voice
• Mezzo Soprano - It refers to the most common female voice; strong middle voice, tone is darker or deeper than the soprano.
• Contralto - It refers to the lowest female voice and most unique among females.
• A Capella - One or more singers performing without instrumental accompaniment.
• Falsetto - A weaker and more airy voice usually in the higher pitch ranges
• Passagio - Parts of a singing voice where register transitions occur.
• Tessitura - The most comfortable singing range of a singer.
• Vibrato - Rapidly repeated slight pitch variation during a sustained note, to give a richer and more varied sound.
• Tone Color/Timbre - It is referring to the qualifying difference of a sound/voice.
• Bel Canco Technique - It is an Italian term which means “beautiful singing”.
• Language - It refers to the language used in romantic music which usually in Italian, French, German and Russian
• Breathing - It refers to the control of inhalation and exhalation during performance.
• Controlling Tone Color & Placement - It is the skills in controlling the way you execute your voice, either chest tone, middle tone or natural voice and head tone.
• Posture - It is the proper position of the body to promote efficient breathing which is essential to projection, tone quality and vocal range.
• Vocal Range - It is the vocal pitch range where the singer could execute.
• Endurance - It is the ability to perform well in several hour.
• Theater - Place of Seeing
• Greek Theater - European theater began in Ancient Greece. It began around 700 B.C. with festivals honoring their many gods.
• Tragedy - Most admired play
• Comedy - Were derived from imitations
• Roman Theater - The theater of ancient Rome started in the 3rd century BC. The usual themes for Roman theater plays were chariots races, gladiators, and public executions.
• Medieval Theater - During the Medieval era, theater performances were not allowed throughout Europe.
• Renaissance Theater - Renaissance theater arts were characterized by a return of Classical Greek and Roman arts and culture.
• Baroque Theater - The theater crew uses machines for special effects and scene changes which may be changed in a matter of seconds with the use of ropes and pulleys.
• Neo Classical Theater - The Neoclassical period was a movement where the styles of Roman and Greek societies influenced the theater arts. The main concepts of the plays were to entertain and to teach lessons.
• Romantic Theater - During romantic period, melodrama and operas became the most popular theatrical forms
• Melodrama - can be also be described as a dramatic work that puts characters in a lot of danger in order to appeal to the emotions and in which orchestral music or song was used to accompany the action.
• Opera - is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (called a libretto) and musical score.
• Audience - The group of viewers or listeners of a work or production.
• Story - This is what happens in the production. Simple, Complex, Funny, Tragic and Ironic
• Setting - The place, space, and time that the story happens in. Present, Past, Future, Rural, Urban, Indoors and Outdoors.