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Lyric Essay: Experiencing "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" ("The Barber of Seville")

operatic arias. Those days are fading, and the Met is not giving up without a fight. And so those who cant afford the trip to New ...

Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'The Music of the Night' from Phantom of the Opera

from being too ominous. The Phantoms intent is to seduce Christine, not frighten her. The seductive mood is clearly indicated in t...

Musical Representations of Various Eras

Robbins conceived, directed and choreographed West Side Story in 1957, which was written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim...

Billy Budd and Tommy Contemporary Operas

When he recover his senses, yet it still marked by his Uncle Ernie as a phenomena, the public revolts, but it is nevertheless true...

Giuseppe Verdi and His Life's Influence on His Music

its pointless...misfortune rules the world" (Rosselli, 2000, p. 30). In later life, Verdi admitted that in a "sudden moment of des...

Phantom of the Opera

In this essay of three pages, the writer details how explosive the film version really is and the impact that it has. There is on...

Various Types of Regional Theater

house; the Cassius Carter Centre Stage, a small theater in the round where experimental works are performed, and the Festival Stag...

Overview of Impressionism

that will be discussed, involves his focus on the less than beautiful aspects of women. He did not fall into the genre of painters...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

For the Love of Erik, the Phantom of the Opera

honest, hes not an operatic singer-his background is in rock. But he trained for a year and his voice, if not the quality of a Pav...

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...

The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht

The writer discusses Bertolt Brecht's play The Threepenny Opera and explains its significance to twentieth century theater. The wr...

Operas of Giuseppe Verdi

This paper discusses the life and times of Giuseppe Verdi in five pages and includes a contrast and comparison of his operas Don C...

UK Soap Opera Eastenders

In a paper consisting of 7 pages this soap is examined in terms of plot and character and the various cultural and social messages...

3 Operas Inspired by The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare

the open air seems odd. And yet, the opera version gave Falstaff a swagger and an attitude that one suspects was close to the t...

Luciano Pavarotti's Career

In five pages this research paper considers Luciano Pavarotti's amazing opera career. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi and Irony

In five pages the basic ironic construction of this opera by Verdi is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera Music

In five pages a musical analysis of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera is presented. Four sources are cited in the biblio...

Inaugural Speech of Nelson Mandela and Verdi's Radames

In six pages this song performance from the Verdi opera Aida is compared to Nelson Mandela's inaugural speech. Five sources are c...

'The American Schubert' Scott Joplin

In an essay consisting of five pages a discussion of the technical qualities of Joplin's music, his aesthetic progression, influen...

Three Brief Essays on Musical Topics

opium. The drug, too weak to kill, plunges him into a heavy sleep accompanied by strange visions. His sensations...are translated ...