Music Flashcards
An opera musical passage composed by Verdi that is about a womanizer being secretly caught
Rigoletto – La donna e mobile
A part and style of a romantic opera that includes the recitative (talking), aria (singing), and the perfectly integrated choirs doing real conversations in a story
Dialogue
Where musicians and singers perform a dramatic work merging the text and the musical score
Libretto
To sing or play in a sweet manner
Dolce
A slight change of tempo at the soloist’s discretion
Rubato
To use a weak and airy voice, commonly in the high registers
Falsetto
The rapid and repetitive small pitch changes a sustained tone, to give a more varied and richer sound.
Vibrato
An opera musical passage composed by Mozart that is about the Don trying to seduce a peasant girl away from her fiancé and sung in a duet
La ci darem la mano
An opera musical piece composed by Georges Bizet that is about a gypsy girl enticing a hopeless romantic soldier
Carmen - Habanera
The musical era that are with subjects include heroism, unearthly things, or a world full of mystery
Romantic Period
A kind of song that is poetry set with music, commonly for trained voice and piano accompaniment, performed in a recital
Art song
A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
Virtuoso
A musical play where all the lines of the show or script are being sung
Opera
An opera musical passage composed by Rossini that is about the hairdresser
Figaro Cavatina – Largo al factotum
