Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto
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
