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    European 19th century society‚ but it is still today a very controversial opera. Since its beginning‚ the main character‚ Violetta‚ became the central source for outrage and discussion. All because she was a courtesan‚ and this very well-known opera was seen by righteous women. The story portrays her as a powerful lady who is in charge of her life‚ unknown off at its time. Critics and opera specialists‚ sought to understand the opera as the decades passed and each director staged it differently. In 2012

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    Three Penny Opera

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    reference to your text identify what response your play write is aiming to elicit and how you as a director would realise this in performance. As a director we would identify what response The ThreePenny Opera is aiming to elicit and how we would realise this in the performance. The ThreePenny Opera is one of Bertolt Brecht most successful plays with the major social issue of class‚ power and who controls wealth. A conflict between Mr. Peachum- a man who owns all of London’s beggars and Macheath-

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    Music 101 MWW Study Questions MWW 54: Rationalistic Distaste for Opera 1. Italianate Opera did not conquer every European center without resistance‚ especially in countries (like France and England) with strong traditions of spoken drama. What exactly does St.-Evremond (p. 201-3) object to about opera‚ and why? Exactly what parts of a drama does he say should NOT be set to music‚ and why? People observe the justness if the cincirds; and amidst all the varieties that unite to make the sweetness

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    Opera for a Small Room

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    Ishita Kapur Professor Melissa Ragona Contemporary Art History‚ 60206 15 April‚ 2009 Opera for a Small Room “Opera for a Small Room” is a time-based mixed-media installation by Canadian artists‚ Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller. The mixed media includes sound‚ record players‚ records and synchronized lighting. It is exhibited in “a small room”‚ 2.6 x 3 x 4.5m‚ and plays in a 20-minute loop. This piece constructs a hyper realistic narrative centered on the character R. Dennehy. Dennehy

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    almost all pieces of literature. However‚ no piece of literature has a confidant character as complex as the Phantom in the musical "The Phantom of the Opera". The Phantom is a turn from the traditional confidant‚ who would be a friend of the heroine‚ or Christine in this case‚ and turns from a confidant to the main antagonist. The Phantom of the Opera used the Phantom as a confidant to add depth to his and Christine’s relationship‚ and also to be able to contrast the different ranges of human emotion

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    Utah Opera Merger Essay

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    Bailey‚ Chairman of the Board of the Utah Opera Organization is leaning toward positively supporting the merger of the Opera and the Symphony Orchestra. Bailey favors the proposed merger for the following reasons‚ due to the economic climate the operas financial stability‚ although stable at present‚ could be at risk for decline in the years to come due to the declining public and private support. Also‚ he and the Opera trustees would like to see the opera become a top-tier organization‚ and with

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    Soap Operas and Reality

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    a taste of real life. There is a big difference between reality and the reality on soap operas. There is always a lot of drama in soap opera’s. Someone is always sleeping with someone that they shouldn’t be sleeping with‚ someone is always dying‚ getting pregnant‚ getting married‚ or getting divorced. While this does‚ of course‚ happen in real life‚ there is never as much drama as there is in a soap opera. If a child were to watch an episode of “Days of Our Lives”‚ for example‚ the child in

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    Opera and Musicals Opera and musicals are popular performing arts of the world. Since a majority of people think that musicals are a lighter and an easier genre of performing art than opera‚ musicals are more widely appreciated than opera in this century. Opera and musicals both consist of music‚ stage‚ story‚ performer and audience‚ however‚ there are numerous differences among these elements. Opera’s history begins in Italy in late 16th century with a group called Camerata. Camerata was

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    17th Century Venetian Opera

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    if viewed or taken from another perspective. The Phantom of the Opera is a classic‚ musical romance film popular because of its emphasis on love‚ constant entertainment‚ and powerfully touching music. The Phantom of the Opera is a popular novel and play which is still determined as one of the longest running show in history‚ and one of the most lucrative entertainment enterprises of all time. Both versions of the Phantom of the Opera movie‚ having radical differences but still being of the same kind

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