MUSIC 105 Study Guide - John Luther Long, Libretto, Aria
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1871: (a) verdi retired after his last opera aida (b) went into politics as his operas were considered. Through a series of complicated events, jago convinced otello of desdemona s infidelity. o. strangled d. to death only to find out later that she was innocent. Unable to reconcile with himself, he ended his own life as well. (h) love duet gia nella notte densa not in shakespeare s play. Development of 19thc operas: plots became more and more lurid, focused more and more on lower-class characters (e. g. violetta) Puccini (1858-1924: the notion of unending melody, harmony becomes more colorful, orchestra becomes bigger and uses different mix of instruments to create different effects/orchestral colors, spinto voice to compete with the sound of large orchestra. Puccini s madama butterfly: based on a true story in japan about a young geisha married to an american naval officer, missionary correll told his brother john luther long about the story and long wrote about it.
