OPERA SIGLO 19
FRANCIA
3 Tipos de Opera:
1. Grand opera or Opéra
2. Opera comique
3. Theatre Italian, directores
∑ Spotini 1810
∑ Ferdinando Paer 1812
∑ Rossini 1824
Grand opera or Opéra from 1825-1975:
Rossini: Guillermo Tell, 1829, Le siege de Corinthe 1826
Gaspare Spontini’s Fernand cortez, 1809.
Meyerbeer 1791-1864 The Hugenots 1836, Robert le diable 1831, Le prophete 1849: libretista Eugene Scribe
Berlioz: Les Troyenes 1863
Francois Auber: The Mue Girl of Portici 1828
Theatre Lyrique (1849-1870)
Opera lyrique
Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet 1868
Charles Gounod 1818-93, Faust 1859, many recitatives, Romeo and Juliette 1888
Jules Massenet: Manon 1884
Bizet’s Les pecheurs de perles 1863. La jollie fille de Perth 1867
Berlioz’s Les Troyens 1863
Offenbach 1819-80, La Vie Parisiene 1866
Bizet’s Carmen.
OPERA COMIQUE
La Dame Blanche, Francois Boieldieu
Opera bouffe: Offfenbach Orfeus in the Underworld 1858
ITALIA:
Gioacchino Rossini 1792-1886
“Napoleon of music”
operas comocas:
– Il barbiere de Seviglia Rome 1816
– L’Italiana in Algeri Venice 1813
– Cinderella Rome 1817 (semiserious)
Serias:
– Tancredi 1813
– Moses in Egypt 1818
– Semiramide Venice 1823
– Guillaume Tell 1829, produced in Paris, his last. 500 performances in the Paris opera
SCENA
Aria doble:
Introduccion orquestal
Scena: recitativo acompañado por la orquesta
(tempo d’attaco)
Cantabile: lírico y lento
(Tempo di mezzo)
Cabaletta: rápida
Finale:
Bellini 1081-1835 Norma 1831, La sonnambula 1830
Donizetti 1797-1848 L’elisir de amore 1832, Lucia di Lammermoor 1836
EL BARBERO DE SEVILLA