Chapter 47 - Listening Guide Quiz 39: Puccini: Madame Butterfly, "Un bel dì"

Compare the dynamic levels of two sections of the aria "Un bel dì": 1:44-2:12 E uscito dalla folla cittadina un uomo, un picciol punto s'avvia per la collina. 2:13-2:25 Chi sarà? Chi sarà? E come sarà giunto che dirà? Che dirà? Chiamerà

Both the "E uscito" section and the "chi sara?" section are soft throughout.

Drag and drop the appropriate words to describe "Un bel dì" from Madame Butterfly. "Un bel dì," an aria from Madame Butterfly, is sung by -.

Cio-Cio-San

Compare the dynamic levels of two sections of the aria "Un bel dì": 2:25-2:46 Butterfly dalla lontana. Io senza dar risposta me ne starò nascosta un po' per celia 2:46-3:31 e un po' per non morire al primo incontro, ed egli alquanto in pena chiamerà: piccina mogliettina olezzo di verbena, i nomi che mi dava al suo venire

The "Butterfly dalla"section remains soft throughout; the "e un po'" section becomes loud and then soft again

Compare the dynamic levels of two sections of the aria "Un bel dì": 0:37-1:12 poi la nave bianca entra nel porto, romba il suo saluto. Vedi? E venuto! 1:12-1:43 Io non gli scendo incontro. Io no. Mi metto là sul cieglio del colle e aspetto gran tempo e non mi pesa, la lunga attesa.

The "poi lanave" section gets louder; the "lo non gli scendo" section remains soft throughout.

Which of the following statements correctly describe the ending of "Un bel dì" from Madame Butterfly?

it builds to a loud climax and then dies down again the orchestra plays the last few seconds with out the voice

Listen to the following music excerpts and drag them into the correct order on the music chart below.

Green Red Blue

Which best describes the ending of the aria "Un bel dì"?

Soprano with full orchestral accompaniment

Which best describes the opening of the aria "Un bel dì"?

Soprano with sparse orchestral accompaniment

Cio-Cio-San asks questions that rouse her anticipation and emotions once again: "Who will it be? Who? And when he arrives, what will he say? What?" Which best describes the music in this excerpt?

Speechlike vocal melody

Which of the following statements correctly describes the opening of "Un bel dì" from Madame Butterfly?

The music is played at a slow pace the instruments are quiet

Describe dynamics. Compare the dynamic levels of the opening and closing sections of the aria "Un bel dì": Opening (:38) Closing (:09)

The opening of the aria is softer than the closing of the aria

What do you hear in "Un bel dì," an aria from Madame Butterfly?

high womans voice and orchestra

Which best describes the texture of "Un bel dì" from Madame Butterfly?

homophonic texture

Which best describes the music at the opening of "Un bel dì," an aria from Madame Butterfly?

soaring vocal melody

Which instruments and voice type do you hear in "Un bel dì," an aria from Madame Butterfly?

soprano full orchestra