PARTS OF AN OPERA

OVERTURE
1. An instrumental introduction played before the curtain is raised
Recitatives
1. Narrative passages performed by a singer accompanied by very simple orchestral music.
DUETS, TRIOS, QUARTETS
1. Pieces sung by two person, three and four characters, respectively, and acompanied by the orchestra.
CHORUSES
1. Pieces for a large group of singers accompanied by the orchestra.
ARIAS
1. Pieces song by soleists and accompanied by the orchestra.
Instrumentals Interludes
1. Instrumentals passages played between scenes to aid the transition frome one scene to the text
Staged operas
1. MOZART
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrFbiw77_90
2. ROSSINI
  1. https://bubbl.us/v3/index.php#!04938748183332628
3. VERDI
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F4G5H_TTvU
4. BELLINI
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiGpm56Bi8s
5. WAGNER
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-qoaioG2UA
6. DONIZETTI
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MFnSZ1GPMU
7. STRAUS
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBr_9D2m5h0
8. PUCCINI
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6mTrioB3d0

Resource summary

	Created by Daniel Piñero Gómez almost 7 years ago