What if you took that very Chicago comedy form and made it Mozart? Chicago Fringe Opera’s “Op*erratic” finds out every ...

When, in 1818, Lisbon's police superintendent, who doubled as inspector of Portuguese theatres, commissioned Rossini to write ...

Without pausing, director Andrew Koll moved immediately into Cantata BWV 111 (What My God Wills Always Occurs). Andrew Fysh’s bass aria was performed in the style of a light baritone, followed by the ...

He compared its style to Italian Baroque opera and indeed it alternated between recitative and aria. Sinclair kept the chamber orchestra at a steady pace, without sounding mechanical, and each ...

In verismo opera, the stories were more “realistic”, free of moralising. The style of the singing changed as the distinction between recitative and aria diminished and music of the ordinary people was ...

It begins with a round of mimed action during which some observers usually expect the dancers to burst into recitative and aria at any moment. The white-clad sylph (Margrethe Schanne), her ...

Works: 2 or 3 contrasting movements of a suite or sonata, a recitative and aria, etc. Candidates will be evaluated by the HPP faculty for suitability based on their command of various national idioms, ...

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Premiere recordings include "Sonatina for Violin and Piano" by Heinz Roemheld; "Recitative and Aria for Violin and Piano" by Jerome Moross; and "Pastoral (Twilight)" by Bernard Herrmann. BELOW: ...