OperaLit 2
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- La Boheme (1)
- - Mimi knocks on the Bohemians apt door and she meets Rodolfo
- Manon (1)
- - Prelude to Act II
- Aida (2)
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- Aida dreams of her homeland
- Aida's father convinces her to get the battle plans from Radames. - Don Carlo (3)
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- Grand Inq's entrance
- Quintet after Elis gets up
- Eboli's aria saying Her fatal gift is her beauty. - Cavalleria Rusticana (3)
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- Santuzza tells Turridu's mother about his infidelity.
- Santuzza aria
- Orch. intermezzo before Turridu's drinking song
- Turridu's drinking song - 5 Massenet Operas
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Manon
Le Cid
Werther
Thais
Don Quichotte - 5 late Verdi Operas
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La forza del Destino
Don Carlos
Aida
Otello
Falstaff - 10 Puccini Operas
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Manon Lescaut
La Boheme
Tosca
Madama Butterfly
La Fanciulla del West
La Rondine
Il Tabarro
Suor Angelica
Gianni Schicchi
Turandot - Verismo
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Italian school of opera composition from 1890 - ~1925. Realistic "slice of life" subjects: violent episodes, heightened drama and shortened musical forms. One act or short two or three act productions.
-Mascagni "L'amico Fritz"
-Leoncavallo "I Pagliacci" - Teatro Regio
- Theatre in Regio where La Boheme premiered
- Arturo Toscanini
- Famous late 19th-, early 20th-century conductor, famous for Puccini productions.
- Giacosa and Illica
- Tag team librettists for Puccini until 1906
- Giulio Ricordi
- Dir. of leading Ital publ. house and close friend of Puccini and Verdi
- Franco Alfano
- Composer who finished Turandot after Puccini's death
- Bazzini
- Pucc's first composition teacher; emphasized form
- Ponchieli
- Pucc's second comp teacher; emphasized theatrics
- Elvira
- Puccini's married love interest/future commonlaw wife
- Prevost
- Author of Manon Lescaut novel
- Bottesini
- Conductor of Aida in Cairo
- Franco Faccio
- Conductor of Aida in Milan
- Sonzogno
- One act competition
- Caruso
- early 20th century tenor, created many roles
- Claudia Muzio
- leading Verdi/verismo sop of early 20th century
- Pertile
- famous early 20th century dramatic tenor
- Torre del Lago
- lake-side town where Puccini resided and died
- Melodram
- spoken text over music
- St. Agata
- Verdi's home near Busetto
- Giuseppino Strepponi
- Former soprano; Verdi's second wife
- Teresa Stolz
- Bohemian soprano, first Aida, "that woman"
- Arrigo Boito
- Composer; Verdi librettist for last two operas
- Francesco Tamagno
- created Otello role
- Victor Maurel
- french baritone who created Iago and Falstaff
- Rudolf Bing
- 1950's Met Don Carlo