Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto

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recitative

talk singing

libretto

text/lyrics of an opera

tone painting

tone of music depicts of certain mood

tragicomedy

tragedy and comedy

mise-en-scène

arrangement of what's on stage

diegesis

characters are aware of sounds on stage (e.g. music playing at ball)

extra-diegesis

characters unaware of sounds on stage

giuseppe verdi

composer

diva

ideal women who is strong but dies at the end

arioso

in between recitative and aria

prelude

introduction to something important; not an overture (fake)

canzone

italian song/ballad

francesco maria piave

librettist

romanticism

movements in arts & literature; late 18th century; inspiration, subjectivity, individualism

through-composed

music develops throughout the song

double aria

recitative, cantabile & cadenza, tempo di mezzo, cabaletta

victor hugo

rigoletto based on a play by this guy

irony

rigoletto thinks he's killed the duke but oh no it's his daughter

censorship

seduction/rape was taken out by government

cadence

sequence of notes/chords comprising the close of musical phrase; involves resolution

oboe

sets up melody and shows Gilda's hesitance to speak up

mantua

setting of the show

strophic

stanzas, same music, different words

cantabile

1st half of double aria; slower & more free form; focused on LYRICS

cabaletta

2nd half of double aria; virtuosic, structured, faster

lyric

A, A', B, A''

realism

unhappy ending, pessimistic, cynical outlook, no overture

major/minor modes

utilized in gilda's confession song; changes depending on what she's singing about

cadenza

virtuosic solo passage; showing off

1851

year it came out


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