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Opera Terms 1.
Opera Seria
A.
Dance spectacle set to music.
2.
Baritone
B.
Highest pitched woman’s voice.
3.
Opera
C.
Dramatic text adapted for opera.
4.
Ballet
D.
Low female voice.
5.
Orchestra
E.
Comic opera.
6.
Libretto
F.
7.
Duet
A drama or comedy in which music is the essential factor; very little is spoken.
8.
Aria
G.
Opera with dramatic and intense plots.
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Soprano
H.
Music composed for a singing group.
I.
A composition written for two performers.
J.
A group of musicians who play together on various musical instruments.
10.
Chorus
11.
Act
12.
Contralto
K.
Highest pitched man’s voice.
13.
Tenor
L.
14.
Opera Buffa
A musical style used in opera and oratorio, in which the text is declaimed in the rhythm of natural speech with slight melodic variation.
15.
Recitative
M. Male voice between bass and tenor.
16.
Bass
N.
17.
Overture
A piece of music originally designed to be played before an opera or musical play.
18.
Verismo
O.
The term describing the realistic or naturalistic school of opera that flourished briefly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; libretti were chosen to depict a ‘slice of life’.
P.
Deepest male voice.
Q.
Elaborate solo in an opera or oratorio.
R.
Main division of a play or opera.
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