(2) Opera Composers of The Romantic Period Flashcards
was born in Parma, Italy on October 9, 1813. He studied in Busseto and later went to Milan. Almost all his works are serious love story with unhappy ending. Expressive vocal melody is his soul. 25 operas
He insisted on a good libretto and wrote operas with political overtones and for middle-class audience.
He died in Milan, Italy on January 27,1901.
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi’s first opera and was performed in La Scala, the most important opera house at the time.
“Oberto”
Libretto in Italian by Francesco Maria Piave, based on “La Dame aux Camélias,” play by Alexandre Dumas after his novel by the same name. The play is known in English as “Camille.” Premiere: Venice, March 6, 1853.
LA TRAVIATA
ACT I of La Traviata
Violetta’s Paris salon, luxuriously furnished
ACT II of La Traviata
A villa near Paris
ACT III of La Traviata
Ballroom in Flora’s mansion
ACT IV of La Traviata
Violetta’s bedroom
La Traviata was set where and when?
Set in Paris, France during 1850.
was born in a poor family on December 22, 1858, in Lucca, Italy. He studied at the Milan Conservatory.
GIACOMO PUCCINI
He belonged to a group of composers who stressed realism; therefore, he drew material from everyday life, rejecting heroic themes from mythology and history.
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini’s famous operas
“La Boheme”, “Tosca”, “Madame Butterfly”, and “Turandot”.
When American naval vessels frequented Japanese seaports, American Lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton met Cio-Cio-San (“Butterfly”) and was captivated by her beauty. Pinkerton rented a Japanese house and part of his rental package is his “betrothal” to Cio-Cio-San.
Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly’s Libretto in Italian by?
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Ilica
From the short story by John Luther Lung, derived from Pierre Loti’s tale Madame Chrysantheme.
Madame Butterfly
Setting of Madame Butterfly
Nagasaki, Japan, at the beginning of the 20th century
