Chapter 23 Flashcards
Wagner resented which city because they did not accept his earliest works?
Paris
Who coined the term unending melody?
Wagner
What was Wagner’s term for a total work of art? German term…
Gesamtkunstwerk (someone in control of all the aspects of whatever kind of artwork it is)
What does Stabreim mean?
an old bardic system of rhyming with letters (alliterative) (Wagner used this)
Who is Wagner’s librettist?
Himself
Name all of the operas/dramas within the Ring Cycle…
Das Rhinegold
Die Walkure
Siegfried
The Twilight of the Gods
What happens at the end of Tristan und Isolde?
I think they die together
Which was Wagner’s last opera?
Parsifal
Who influenced Italian opera?
Verdi
What is the Risorgimento?
The social movement that unified Italy
What is a tenore di forza?
A very forceful tenor who uses the full power of his voice
What does Viva Verdi stand for?
“Viva Vittorio Emanuele, Re d’Italia” = Long live Victoria Emmanuel King of Italy
Influence Verdi’s dramatic style - Verdi did a lot of operas based on what or whom?
Father & Daughter relationships for sure, but MOST SPECIFICALLY TAKEN FROM SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS
La Traviata is based on a play by whom? What French writer?
Alexandre Dumas
Rigoletto is by…
Verdi
