Final Exam Flashcards
Light instrumental Punic perform between acts at an opera
Entr acte music
In this area Carmen sings that love is a rebellious bird that can never be contained and it’s like a gypsy child that has never known the law
Habenara
In this aria escamino sings about a dark eye that watches as the bull fighter fights and that love awaits him
Toreador song
Give two reasons why Carmen is so controversial when it first came out
She’s a whore and Carmen died
Give two words to describe Bernardo and describe how he is related to someone else
Leader and powerful and he’s Maria’s brother
Two words to describe Maria and how she’s related to another character
Passionate and Puerto Rican and Bernardo’s sister
In the end of the movie Maria says the boys weren’t killed with weapons but with
Hate
Two words to describe Escimio and how he is related to other characters
Popus bull fighter and boyfriend of Carmen
Speech like style of singing very little accompaniment
Recitative speech
Two words to describe tony and how he relates to another character
Tall handsome and in love with Maria founder of jets
This menstrualvshow composer wrote Compton races oh susana and my old Kentucky home
Stephen foster
This person composed Carmen
George Bizet
Two words to describe Anita and how she’s related to another character
Fisty short and Bernardo’s love interest
Two words to describe Carmen and how she’s related to another character
Seductive not classy and likes escimio
Name of American gang
Jets
Two words to describe mikaela and related to someone else
Innocent beautiful and loves don Jose
Two words to describe don Jose and how he’s related
Crazy superior and loves Carmen
Name of Puerto Rican gangs
Sharks
How did Bernstein become famous over night as assistant conductor of NY Philharmone
He was the understudy and had to perform when the main composer couldn’t come in
Has some speaking few comical moment happy ending
Opera comique
Richest time period of Broadway musical
Show boat- 1927-1957, west side story
The year Carmen premiered
1875
What is a solo in an opera
Aria
Instead of Capulet’s and montegues west side story has the
Jets and sharks
These performances featured exaggerated portrayals of blacks
White performers in black face
Minstvel shows
This type of show’s stories became more real and music became integrated more logically
Broadway musical
What are the two Gangs fighting over
Territory
Who wrote the book west side story
Arthur laurents
These types of shows included singers, dancers, jugglers, magicians, and animal acts
Vaudeville
Composer of wss
Leonard Bernstein
Person wrote music for wss
Stephen Sondheim
Wrote choreography for wss
Jerome Robbins
Carmen is sung in this language
French
The setting of wss
1950s NYC, Manhattan
Movie version of wss came out in this year
1961
Music played at beginning of opera that serves as a preview to what’s about to happen
Overture
Carmen is set in this country
Spain
Two main characters meet and fall in love at this event
Dance in the gym
Wss is based on this story
Romeo and Juliet
Lyrics in opera
Libretto
Carmen works here with lots of other girls
Cigarette factory
