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History of Opera & Role of Musical Theater Composer
Origins of Opera
Renaissance beginnings
Late 16th Century
Florence, Italy
Infleunced by Greek tragedy
Jacopo Peri's
Dafne
, 1597
Baroque Era
1600-1750
Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, 1607
Opera seria
Serious opera
Opera buffa
Comic opera
Use of recitative and arias
Evolution of Opera
Classical Era (1750-1820)
Christoph Willibald GLuck's opera reforms
Simplicity
Naturalism
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flaute, Don Giovanni
Romantic Period (19th Century)
Richard Wagner
The Ring Cycle
Gesamtkunstwerk
Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata, Aida
Grand Opera
Lavish productions
Large orchestras
20th & 21st Century Developments
Experimentation
Atonality
Minimalism
Contemporary operas
Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass
Role of the Musical Theater Composer
Responsabilities
Creates
Melodies
Harmonies
Orchestration
Colaborates
Lyricists
Book writers
Works closely
DIrectors
Producers
Key elements (composition)
Story-driven music
Use of leitmotifs
Recurring musical themes
Integration
Spoken dialogue
Song
Notable Musical Theater Composers
Stephen Sondheim
Into the Woods
Sweeney Todd
Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Phantom of the Opera
Cats
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Hamilton
In the Heights
Connection between Opera and Musical Theater
Shared emphasis
Dramatic storytelling through music
Influence of opera on Brodway shows
West Side Story
Les Misérables
Evolution of modern opera incorporating elements of musical theater