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Development of opera9/21/2023 ![]() ![]() In its origins, opera, like every other type of spectacle, expressed noble prerogatives and was staged in courtly settings. A feature unique to opera, however, is the power of music, particularly that written for the several registers of the human singing voice, which is arguably the artistic means best suited to the expression of emotion and the portrayal of character. ![]() Developments in architecture and painting have manifested themselves on the operatic stage in the design of sets and costumes for specific performances, and opera has also affected the visual arts beyond the stage in such domains as the design and decoration of opera houses and the portraiture of singers and composers. Throughout its history, opera has reflected trends current in the several arts of which it is composed. Music and drama are the fundamental ingredients, as are the arts of staging and costume design opera is therefore a visual as well as an audible art. How many different opera plots have been invented in the world, correspondingly, the same number of opera librettos exist.Opera, whose name comes from the Italian word for a work, realizes the Baroque ambition of integrating all the arts. Because, in fact, there is no one true operatic form. For almost five centuries of its existence, the opera genre has undergone a colossal historical, stylistic and conceptual evolution and, of course, it is impossible to unify such contradictory data about the opera libretto or give any general recipes suitable for all its varieties. In this historically continuous “dispute” between music and the word, the tendency to win invariably remained on the side of music, which every time led the opera to stage absurdities, to faster aging, to the inevitability of new reforms. Thus, the art of song was combined with dramatic narration, which, under the conditions of an opera performance, since then, have constantly been in rivalry with each other, although, it would seem, they were called to serve the same goal. But the fully formed concept of opera appeared later, in 1639, in Venice, as opera in musica (musical work), or, in short, opera (in Latin, it means action, work, creation). The year 1594, when the premiere of this work entitled “Daphne”, written by the composer-singer Jakob Peri, was historically marked by the beginning of the existence of the Opera. As a result of creative searches, the members of the Florentine community created the first musical and dramatic work. It was a commonwealth of artists, humanists, lovers of music and literature. By 1580, a society was formed in Florence that called itself Camerata (a diminutive of the Italian word camera – room, in this context it means – circle, salon). As a special kind of dramatic art, opera developed towards the end of the 16th century in Italy, the classical country of the Renaissance. In the medieval folk and cult (“sacred”) performances that anticipated it, as well as in ancient tragedy, the role of music was always great. Musical theater has a long history and deep extensive origins. The Development of the Opera Libretto through the Prism of the History of the Opera Genreġ Moldova State University, 2 Institute of Cultural Heritage Patrimoniul cultural: cercetare, valorificare, promovare Ediția 14, R, 2022Ĭonferința "Patrimoniul cultural: cercetare, valorificare, promovare" 14, ISBN 978-8-0.ĮXPORT metadate: Google Scholar Crossref CERIF DataCite Dublin Core Chișinău: Institutul Patrimoniului Cultural, 2022, Ediția 14, R, p. In: Patrimoniul cultural: cercetare, valorificare, promovare, Ed. The Development of the Opera Libretto through the Prism of the History of the Opera Genre. ![]()
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