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Bela Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle and Gender Issues

has, thus far, not been repelled by what she has discovered. The Duke finds hope in this and summons Judith to his embrace (Simon,...

Die Walkure and Richard Wagner's Influences

"In the present instance the whirling nebula of incandescent dust from which the Ring music was being generated spontaneously thre...

Original Soap Opera Plot 'The Poor Bride and Groom'

bridesmaid. Charlotte agreed. Charlotte realized that pulling off the wedding under the pretense would not be easy. She allowed C...

Richard Wagner’s Theories of Music

Leitmotiv" (Brandt 3). This is a revolutionary idea that bears repeating. Today opera audiences have begun to demand singers who...

Phantom Forever

The writer describes some of the effects, the plot and the relevance of perhaps the most popular stage production of all time, The...

Dido and Aeneas/Henry Purcell

This paper is on Henry Purcell's opera "Dido and Aeneas." It offers a summary of the plot and discussion of different characterist...

The Phantom’s Secrets

Seger explains why people respond strongly to characters in film when those characters go on a journey that touches the audience. ...

Opera, An Overview

This research paper discusses the purpose of opera and provides insight into its style, development and general characteristics. T...

Post-Revolution Britain and Satirical Literature

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at post-Revolution Britain and the satirical literature that emerged from there. Gay's ...

David Hwang's M. Butterfly: Power + Art = Tragedy

The influence of power and art on the play as conveyed through Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly is analyzed in a paper con...

Mozart's Genius

the worlds greatest artists were known to contribute to the decorations and set designs, including Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. ...

Tourism and the Beneficial 'Public Good'

The same principle applies to any such public good. There are toll roads of course, but they represent only a small fraction of t...

Mozart's Don Giovanni and the Themes of Enlightenment and Class Conflict

the text should fit the music, not the other way around. His opera, La Nozza de Figaro, while following the parameters of the comi...

La Traviata Opera by Giuseppe Verdi

search of what she calls new delights, but she would soon realize that love was what gives life meaning (1998). One might think th...

Architecture of Australia and the Sydney Opera Design Influence of Danish Architect Jorn Utzon

as dated, as indicated by Robin who states that "The free joyful, light, elegant and unbuildable concept of the fifties became a s...

Confucianism and 'Peony Pavilion'

and dies. The natural imagery, which is emphasized in the dream sequences, reflect the Daoist emphasis on the importance of nature...

Confucianism and Daoism in 'Peony Pavilion'

an unthinking adherence to ritual. Analect 9.3 reads: The Master said, According to ritual, the ceremonial cap should be made of ...

Chinese Opera The Peony Pavilion

encounter between the young heroine and the dream-image of a young scholar. In similar scenes throughout the production, the lack...

Life and Music of George Frederic Handel

Giulio Cesare is Handles opera about Julius Caesar and is considered to be one of his finest. The action pivots around Cleopatras...

Male and Female Character Relationships in Mozart's The Magic Flute

In five pages this paper discusses the libretto symbolism and the characters' complicated interrelationships in this opera by Wolf...

Musical and Libretto Contributions of Wolfgang Mozart's The Magic Flute

chords (Osborne 327). This opera is quite famous for containing a great deal of Masonic symbolism, although Osborne stresses that ...

Carmen by Georges Bizet

characterized by works which present contemporary characters in real-life situations (Carmen). Schonberg indicates that, with Carm...

Act II and the Characterization of the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro

underscore the tension between the Count and Countess Characterization of the Countess The Countess is alone on the stage w...

La Traviata Opera Description

who introduces a new admirer, Alfredo Germont who admits to having adored the beautiful Violetta from a distance. He offers a toas...

Visual Design Within Theatre Arts

takes. It would seem that to incorporate so much history into so little time that these works would be awash with busyness, myria...

Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Mozart

with Barbarina who is the gardeners daughter. "The Count pursues Susanna but conceals himself when the gossiping music master Don ...

English Words Borrowed from Italian

years. Some of these include gondola, cameo, arsenal, regatta, fresco, studio, vendetta, broccoli, motto, piano, opera, grotto, vi...

Madame Butterfly and Cultural Context

while, the duplicity of each of these dichotomies becomes apparent. In fact the first direct comparison would be that of Gallimard...

Madame Butterfly and David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly

"sin" because she falls in love with an American. The American uses her, marries her, and then essentially sumps her to go back to...

Richard Wagner's Die Walkure

journey at once. However, before she can leave, Frika, Wotans wife enters the scene. Bruenhilde learns that Hundings marriage righ...