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with Barbarina who is the gardeners daughter. "The Count pursues Susanna but conceals himself when the gossiping music master Don ...
Baroque" age in his music (Machlis, 1970, p. 277). Monteverdi is credited with composing the first actual opera (Felon, 1986, p. 2...
Leitmotiv" (Brandt 3). This is a revolutionary idea that bears repeating. Today opera audiences have begun to demand singers who...
In five pages this paper discusses the libretto symbolism and the characters' complicated interrelationships in this opera by Wolf...
chords (Osborne 327). This opera is quite famous for containing a great deal of Masonic symbolism, although Osborne stresses that ...
characterized by works which present contemporary characters in real-life situations (Carmen). Schonberg indicates that, with Carm...
In six pages this song performance from the Verdi opera Aida is compared to Nelson Mandela's inaugural speech. Five sources are c...
In an essay consisting of five pages a discussion of the technical qualities of Joplin's music, his aesthetic progression, influen...
while, the duplicity of each of these dichotomies becomes apparent. In fact the first direct comparison would be that of Gallimard...
"sin" because she falls in love with an American. The American uses her, marries her, and then essentially sumps her to go back to...
journey at once. However, before she can leave, Frika, Wotans wife enters the scene. Bruenhilde learns that Hundings marriage righ...
the worlds greatest artists were known to contribute to the decorations and set designs, including Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. ...
The same principle applies to any such public good. There are toll roads of course, but they represent only a small fraction of t...
who introduces a new admirer, Alfredo Germont who admits to having adored the beautiful Violetta from a distance. He offers a toas...
The writer discusses Bertolt Brecht's play The Threepenny Opera and explains its significance to twentieth century theater. The wr...
This paper discusses the life and times of Giuseppe Verdi in five pages and includes a contrast and comparison of his operas Don C...
This paper is on Henry Purcell's opera "Dido and Aeneas." It offers a summary of the plot and discussion of different characterist...
In five pages a musical analysis of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera is presented. Four sources are cited in the biblio...
opium. The drug, too weak to kill, plunges him into a heavy sleep accompanied by strange visions. His sensations...are translated ...
In five pages this research paper considers Luciano Pavarotti's amazing opera career. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....
In five pages the basic ironic construction of this opera by Verdi is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
as dated, as indicated by Robin who states that "The free joyful, light, elegant and unbuildable concept of the fifties became a s...
and dies. The natural imagery, which is emphasized in the dream sequences, reflect the Daoist emphasis on the importance of nature...
an unthinking adherence to ritual. Analect 9.3 reads: The Master said, According to ritual, the ceremonial cap should be made of ...
encounter between the young heroine and the dream-image of a young scholar. In similar scenes throughout the production, the lack...
Giulio Cesare is Handles opera about Julius Caesar and is considered to be one of his finest. The action pivots around Cleopatras...
In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at post-Revolution Britain and the satirical literature that emerged from there. Gay's ...
The influence of power and art on the play as conveyed through Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly is analyzed in a paper con...
the text should fit the music, not the other way around. His opera, La Nozza de Figaro, while following the parameters of the comi...
search of what she calls new delights, but she would soon realize that love was what gives life meaning (1998). One might think th...