1st Edition MUS M 402 Lecture 16 Outline of Last Lecture I Chopin and his Transcendental Music II Chopin s Compositional Style Outline of Current Lecture I Bel Canto Opera II Giuseppe Verdi s Bel Canto Operas Current Lecture I Bel Canto Opera a Bel canto opera Italian for beautiful singing the term for mid 19th century opera with increased drama larger staging and more powerful singing i Existed in a 2 part form 1 Cantabile a slower beautifully sung strophic vocal song accompanied by cantabile orchestral writing 2 Cabaletta a bit faster than the Cantabile with a different mood and idea for music with a more upbeat orchestral accompaniment ii Often considered to be a Singer s Opera 1 Included many cadenzas and cadenza like materials for the singer 2 Singers were famous for embellishing extensively in a way that was unique to both them individually and the role they played 3 Singers begin to play one or two large unique roles and tailor their training to these particular roles instead of singing any and all roles a A singer s unique embellishments to a unique role is what would make a singer famous II Giuseppe Verdi s Bel Canto Operas a Guiseppe Verdi lived from 1813 1901 b Typical Characteristics of a Verdi Bel Canto Opera i Extremely dramatic orchestral accompaniment in recitative sections 1 The extreme business of a recitative orchestral accompaniment would move the drama forward in a very new energetic way ii Highly virtuosic vocal lines 1 Not generally embellished by the composer himself iii Heroic themes style of writing and plot iv Historical folklore topics common c Unique Characteristics of Verdi s La Traviata i La Traviata is an intimate drama about a small group of people and their lives 1 This sharply contrasts the more typical overdone blown out opera about heroic historical events
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