MUTH 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Glossary Of Musical Terminology, Libretto, Gigue
12 Mar 2016
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Giulio cesare (opera seria) vs don giovanni (opera buffa) Dg, more action, gc more formal (no deaths on stage) Dg, more bass and baritone in major roles, a simpler text setting or style. Comic opera: the opera ensemble like arias (unlike recitatives), ensembles: full orchestra accompaniment, a clear metre larger largely leaps. Action arias: where comedy happens unlike arias (and like some recitatives), ensembles, involve multiple characters in a conversation, are dynamic: the situation is constantly changing. Everyone sings the same text at the same time. Often multiple texts are sung at the same time. Opera buffa: a full length comic opera, intended to be performed on its own (without an opera seria) Differences from the intermezzo: longer, bigger budget: more singers, larger orchestra, each act ended with an ensemble finale, ensembles also occur in the middle of acts, includes lower and upper class characters.
