The opera by Jaime Altozano

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1-What is it the leitmotiv?
2-Why the singers in the opera sing in that strange way?
3-How do they do?
4-Why the opera is expensive?
5-What is the story of  La Boheme?
6-Who is the composer of La Boheme?
7-In what language do they sing?

opera.Lucia de Lammermmor/Glass harmonica/Teatro real.Jaime Altozano

OPERA Lucia de LammermmorFrom Donizetti
 
1- Where is Jaime Altozano?
2- What opera is he talking about ?
3-Who was the composer of this opera?
4- Write briefly the story of this opera, in 4 or 5 lines.
5-Which is the famost moment in this opera?
6-Which is for the tenor the most dramatic moment in this opera?
7-How can we know that Luzia is beginning to be mad or crazy?
8-Which is the most difficult scene in the opera for Luzia?
9- Why does the tenor sing a optional musical part?
10-Which is it the musical  instrument that represents the Luzia's madness?







In the opera Lucia di Lammermoor, this instrument,glass harmonica, expresses her madness:

In the opera L

TALKING ABOUT OPERA-TASK

TASK : writting

Imagine - last week, you were to watch an opera performance with your teacher. 
What opera did you see? Choose one Opera from the list: 
Manon, Carmen,  La traviata, The magic flute, La boheme, The marriage of Figaro, Rigoletto, Don Giovanni,  El barbero de Sevilla, Tosca, El buque fantasma ( el Holandés errante)Turandot, Madama Butterfly, Aida, Norma, Orfeo, Dido y Aeneas, Sansón y Dalila, Lucia de Lammermmor, 

 Search for information about your opera and make up an amazing story! 150 words

Useful vocabulary:
- Costume - a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period

- Stage - a platform on which actors, entertainers, or speakers perform.

- Recitative  Speech like singing. The singer semi chants the words, like free rhythm of speech.

- Aria  A big song where the singer reveals her feelings and shows of her voice.

- Chorus /choir  A fairly large company of singers who perform together, usually in parts

- Duet - A composition to be performed by two musicians

- Ensemble - A group of musicians that perform as a unit


- Perform - it is the realization of a composition or in other words to "play" music with one or more musicians.

Here you have the example of Maria , an student:

María 
Two weeks ago my music teacher said to as : we are going to see an opera . I thought that it was going to be very boring.Before going to the opera I decided to read the libretto to have more information about the opera that we were going to see. The opera was Agrippina by George Fridedrich Händel. The libretto was written by Vincenzo Grimani. The opera was premiered at the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo Venice the 26 of december. Agrippina is an opera seria in three acts the opera tells the story of Agrippina, the mother of Nero. 

The day of the excursion ,the teacher said to us that this opera was one of the best operas of Handel.When we arrived to the theatre was not open so we had to wait.Then my music teacher told us something more about the opera.When finally we entered to the theater the stage was amazing. 

The opera began . In the first act Agrippina though that her husband had died and she tried to secure the throne for Nero her son by a previous marriage. But really her husband hadn't died because Otho saved him .And  the rest didn't know it because the characters were singing in a strange language.

The second act was very boring because I didn't understand it but the costumes were very nice .

The third act started. In this act Claudius announces that Nero and Poppaea will marry, and that Otho shall have the throne. No one was satisfied with this arrangement,  so Claudius in a spirit of reconciliation reverses his judgement, giving Poppaea to Otho and the throne to Nero. 


The opera finished . It wasn't as bad as we thought .Finally we had a good time seeing the opera of Händel.

  

The Magic flute

THE MAGIC FLUTE IN CARTOONS:





PART 1:

   

PART 2:


PART 3:




DUET PAPAGENO, PAPAGENA







QUEEN OF THE NIGHT:

Human voices types

1-What kind of voices do they have?

opera quizlet- kahoot

I have preapare a quizlet and a kahoot as an example  for you.

https://quizlet.com/_60eui8

https://create.kahoot.it/k/b96e3702-3f2f-4385-aa32-b19a90ffb3f3

TASK:

PREPARE IN GROUPS OF 4 YOUR OWN QUIZLET OR KAHOOT TO SHARE WITH THE CLASS.

The birth of the opera-by Ramón

1-Where the opera was born?
2-Who was the first composer of the opera?
3-When was composed?
4-Which is the first opera of the history?
5-What would you do if you saw a piano man in the middle of the s street?
6-Why do you think Ramon takes a big piano to  the middle of the famous square in Florence?
7-Why do you think Ramon loves Opera?
8-I there anybody in your family who loves or likes Opera? Who?
9-Why do you think Ramon compares the evolution of the opera with the evolution of the moder music?

Madre del divino pastor -ABAO-2nd eso

This morning Amaya has come to the school and she has been explaining very interesting things about the opera.

OPERA CARMEN

Desde su estreno en París en 1875, Carmen, de Georges Bizet, es una de las óperas más representadas de la historia, se ha convertido en un mito y ha servido de inspiración a grandes artistas de otras disciplinas: pintura, danza, cine…

Una ópera mil veces versionada, con mayor o menor fortuna para crítica y público -que se lo digan a la particular y controvertida readaptación de hace unas semanas en Milán que en pos de mostrar una Carmen actualizada decidieron cambiar su final y no matar a la protagonista  que hoy, volviendo a recuperar esta sección en la que a través de brillantes adaptaciones animadas intentamos acercar el género operístico a los más jóvenes, hoy os traemos.

Esta ópera está ambientada en la Sevilla de principios del s. XIX y en ella  encontramos algunos de los números más conocidos  del repertorio operísticos. Sirvan de ejemplo La habanera que interpreta el personaje de Carmen o la Canción del Toreador.

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Biography:

Bizet came from a very musical family-his father was a composer and his mother was a pianist-and his own musical talents were obvius from an early age.

Bizet finished his most famous and popular piece of work, the opera Carmen, in 1874.The Habanera and the Toreador Song, are now two of the best known of all operatic arias.

Listen and watch the video, then answer the questions:

Watch this video and answer:

Let's try this Body percussion:
Thank you Paola Oliva

http://paolaoliva.wix.com/oberturacarmen

Play it:

OPERA MANON- JULES MASSENET COMPOSER

WATCHING THIS PICTURES, IMAGINE THE STORY :

This is the beginning:  Manon is a young girl Parisian who dreams of fame and money An atractive  gentleman with a small defect will cross her  path : he is not rich.....

VOCABULARY :

- Costume - a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period

- Stage - a platform on which actors, entertainers, or speakers perform.

- Recitative  Speech like singing. The singer semi chants the words, like free rhythm of speech.

- Aria  A big song where the singer reveals her feelings and shows of her voice.

- Chorus /choir  A fairly large company of singers who perform together, usually in parts

- Duet - A composition to be performed by two musicians

- Ensemble - A group of musicians that perform as a unit

- Perform - it is the realization of a composition or in other words to "play" music with one or more 

musicians

This VIDEO is very interesting and tell us things about Manon: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/this-is-opera/this-is-opera-manon/3159159/

AUDIO: http://www.abao.org/es/%C3%93pera/leer%20m%C3%A1s/112/Manon.html

Here you can watch some photos of our visit:

Talking about opera

In this link we can see the opera's history:

http://iscmusica17.wixsite.com/thisisopera

THIS IS OPERA/MAGIC FLUTE DOCUMEMTARY/QUIZZ

 Watch the MAGIC FLUTE documentary
http://www.rtve.es/television/this-is-opera/



After watching it you can do the following quizz, click on the link:
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz169351f3750.html