VPMA99H3 Chapter 19: Chapter 19 Study Guide
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Chapter 19 opera and music drama in the nineteenth century. From plots with strong political overtones to stories that center on private emotions and personal relationship. French grand opera was as much spectacle as music. Infuse with romantic elements, such as rescue plots and huge choral scenes. Mix of spectacle and historical, political, or religious themes. Elaborate stage machinery, ballets, choruses, and crowd scenes. Cater to middle class by painting aristocrats as wicked and opponents as cirtuous. Plot presents straightforward comedy or semi-serious drama instead of historical pageantry typical of grand opera. A move toward realism, drama ends with a tragic murder. Carmen is a seductive gypsy who works in a cigarette factory www. notesolution. com. Her suggestive costume, behaviour, words, and music all portray her as an outsider, both forbidding and enticing. Fate motive emphasizes augmented seconds, trademark of gypsy music. Carmen sings a seguidilla, spanish song in fast triple time. Spanish atmosphere conveys a sense of sexual allure and danger.
