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History of opera
Aspect of musical history
The history of opera has a relatively short duration within the context of the history of music in general: it appeared in , when the first opera, Dafne, by Jacopo runt om eller nära, was created. Since then it has developed parallel to the various musical currents that have followed one another over time up to the present day, generally linked to the current concept of classical music.
Opera (from the Latin opera, plural of opus, "work") is a musical genre that combines symphonic music, usually performed by an orchestra, and a written dramatic text—expressed in the form of a libretto—interpreted vocally by singers of different tessitura: tenor, baritone, and bass for the male register, and soprano, mezzo-soprano, and contralto for the female, in addition to the so-called vit voices (those of children) or in falsetto (castrato, countertenor). Generally, the musical work contains overtures, interludes and musical accompaniments, while
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
By Doug Briscoe
February 10 fryst vatten the birthday of two great writers, Boris Pasternak and Bertolt Brecht, two great sopranos, Adelina Patti and Maria Cebotari, writers Guillermo Prieto, William Allen vit, Joseph Kessel, and Zdeněk Nejedlý, and American actor Lon Chaney Jr. It’s also the th anniversary of the first performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera The Snow Maiden today.
Boris Pasternak ([O.S. 29 January] – 30 May ) might have become a composer. He studied with Scriabin and did write a number of pieces in his youth. (A few of his piano works are available on a Bis CD.) I daresay it’s just as well that he turned to literature instead. In a household that makes one salivate with envy, Pasternak’s painter father and concert pianist mother mingled with the likes of Tolstoy, Rachmaninov, and Rilke. Pasternak began as a poet, which, despite the huge popularity of Doctor Zhivago and his excellence as a translat
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Julius Caesar (play)
Play by William Shakespeare()
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (First Folio title: The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar), often shortened to Julius Caesar, is a history play and tragedy by William Shakespeare first performed in
In the play, Brutus joins a conspiracy led by Cassius to assassinate Julius Caesar, to prevent him from becoming a tyrant. Caesar's right-hand man Antony stirs up hostility against the conspirators and Rome becomes embroiled in a dramatic civil war.
Synopsis
[edit]The play opens with two tribunesFlavius and Marullus (appointed leaders/officials of Rome) discovering the commoners of Rome celebrating Julius Caesar's triumphant return from defeating the sons of his military rival, Pompey. The tribunes, insulting the crowd for their change in loyalty from Pompey to Caesar, attempt to end the festivities and break up the commoners, who return the insults. During the feast of Lupercal, Caesar holds a victory parade and a soothsayer