Summary of Giacomo Puccini

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1. Summary of Giacomo Puccini. Cio-Cio-san (Madam Butterfly) CHIO-CHIO-SAN (MADAME BUTTERFLY) Opera in two acts (three scenes) Libretto by L. Illik and D. Giacosa Characters: Chio-Cio-san (Madame Butterfly) Suzuki, the maid Cio-Cio-san Pinkerton, Lieutenant of the American Navy Cat, his wife Sharples, American Consul Goro, matchmaker Prince Yamadori Bonze Commissar Registry Officer Son of Cio-Cio-san Soprano Mezzo soprano Tenor Soprano Baritone Tenor Tenor […]...
2. Summary of Giacomo Puccini. Turandot TURANDOT Lyrical drama in three acts (five scenes) Libretto by J. Adami and R. Simonyi Characters: Princess Turandot Altoom, the Chinese emperor, her father Timur, the deposed Tatar king The Unknown Prince (Calaf), his son Liu, a young slave. Ping, great counselor Pang, the great soothsayer Pong, the great cook Mandarin The Persian prince Executioner […]...
3. Summary Giacomo Meyerbeer JACOMO MEYEREBER 1791-1864 Meyerbeer entered the history of musical culture as the largest representative of the romantic musical theater of France. He approved the type of five-act “big opera”, calculated for the splendor of the production and spectacular spectacularity. At the heart of the musical drama of Meyerbeer is the principle of impressive contrasts, the […]...
4. Summary of Giacomo Puccini. Girl from the West GIRL WITH THE WEST Opera in three acts Libretto by G. Civiniani and K. Tsangarini Characters: Minnie, the owner of the bar on the hill Jack Ranch, sheriff Dick Johnson (Ramerets) Nick, the waiter “Polka” Ashby, the agent of the transport company Soprano Baritone Tenor Tenor Bass Baritone Tenor Baritone Baritone Tenor Tenor Baritone Bass […]...
5. Summary of Gioacchino Rossini JOAKKINO ROSSINI 1792-1868 Rossini – an outstanding Italian composer of the last century, whose work was marked by the flowering of national opera. He was able to breathe new life into the traditional for Italy kinds of opera – comic (buffa) and “serious” (seria). Especially brightly Rossini’s talent unfolded in the field of opera buffa. […]...
6. Summary of Giacomo Puccini. Bohemia BOHEMIA Opera in four acts Libretto by L. Illik and D. Giacosa Characters: Rudolf, the poet Marcel, artist Shonar, musician Collin, philosopher Benoit, householder Alcindor, State Counselor Mimi Musette Parpignol Customs sergeant Tenor Baritone Baritone Bass Bass Bass Soprano Soprano Tenor Bass Students, grisettes, townspeople, merchants and merchants, waiters in cafes, boys, girls, etc. Location: […]...
7. Summary of Giacomo Puccini. Yearning YEARNING A musical drama in three acts Libretto by L. Illik and D. Giacosa Characters: Floria Tosca, the famous singer Mario Cavaradossi, artist Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police Cesare Angelotti Sacristan Spoletta, a police agent Scaryone, gendarme Jailer Shepherd Soprano Tenor Baritone Bass Baritone Tenor Bass Bass Alto Cardinal, city prosecutor, hangman, scribe, officer, sergeant, […]...
8. Summary Jules Massenet JULY MASSNET 1842-1912 Massenet played a significant role in the history of the French musical theater. Since the last third of the XIX century, after the death of Bizet, he took the leading position among French opera composers. Lyrically, mainly, Massne gravitating to an intimate, chamber interpretation of stories, focusing on the development of poetic […]...
9. Summary Daniil Grigoryevich Frenkel DANIIL GRIGORIEVICH FRENKEL The genus. in 1906 Frenkel is the author of a large number of musical, theatrical, symphonic and chamber works. The main interests of the composer lie in the field of opera. The influence of the traditions of the Russian opera classics of the 19th century, especially Tchaikovsky, and in part Mussorgsky, affected […]...
10. Summary Eduard Franzevich Napravnik EDUARD FRANCEEVICH DIRECTORATE 1839-1916 Napravnik went down in the history of Russian music as a wonderful conductor and talented composer. He owns 4 operas, 4 symphonies, orchestral pieces, piano concerto, chamber ensembles, choirs, romances, compositions for pianoforte, violin, cello and so on. As a composer Napravnik did not have a vivid creative individuality; his works […]...
11. Summary of Giuseppe Verdi JUZEPPE VERDI 1813-1901 Creativity Verdi marks the time of the full flowering of the Italian opera, it belongs to the best achievements of world realistic art. Filled with the pathos of freedom and hatred of the oppressors, Verdi’s operas served as the banners of the national liberation struggle against the Austrian yoke, which the Italian […]...
12. Summary Oles Semenovich Chishko Oles Semenovich Chishko The genus. in 1895 Chishko is a prominent Soviet composer who has worked extensively and successfully in various fields of musical art. Being a professional singer, Chishko paid much attention to vocal genres – opera, romance, song. His work is distinguished by the melodiousness, simplicity and accessibility of expression. From 1948 to […]...
13. Summary Giacomo Meyerbeer. Huguenots GUEGENETS Opera in five acts Libretto by E. Scribe and E. Deschamps Characters: Marguerite Valois, the bride of Henry IV Count de Saint-Brie, Catholic, Governor of the Louvre Valentine, his daughter Soprano Bass Soprano Baritone Tenor Tenor Bass Bass Bass Tenor Bass Mezzo soprano Tenor Bass Comte de Nevers Cosset Tavanna Torah DeRetz Meryu } […]...
14. Summary Jules Massenet. Manon MANON Opera in five acts1 Libretto by A. Meliak and F. Gilles Characters: Manon Lescaut Poussetta Soprano Soprano Soprano Mezzo soprano Soprano Tenor Bass Baritone Bass or baritone Baritone Baritone Javotta Rosette } Girlfriends Manon Maid Cavalier de Grieux Count de Grieux, his father Lesko, cousin of Manon Guillot de Morfontaine De Bretigny The owner […]...
15. Summary Stanislav Moniuszko Stanislav Moniuszko 1819-1872 Moniuszko – the founder of Polish opera classics – left a vast legacy. He wrote about three hundred songs, cantatas, works for symphonic orchestra, piano and other compositions. Works of Moniuszko are characterized by simplicity and cordiality, an abundance of beautiful, full expressiveness and poetic melodies. In his music, permeated with elements […]...
16. Summary Charles Gounod CHARLES GUONE 1818-1893 Gounod is an outstanding French composer, who made a significant contribution to the development of national traditions of democratic art. In his best operas, he strove for a true transfer of the life drama of ordinary people, to a colorful sketch of real life. These features of the plot and the means […]...
17. Summary Karl Maria Weber CARL MARIA WEBER 1786-1826 Weber is an outstanding German romantic composer. A versatile gifted personality – conductor, pianist, literary man, music and public figure, Weber was an active fighter for German national art. His creative heritage includes sonatas, concerts, program pieces for piano, chamber works, songs, but the leading role belongs to the opera. Weber’s […]...
18. Summary Alexander Sergeevich Dargomyzhsky ALEXANDER SERGEYEVICH DARGOMYZHSKY 1813-1869 In the history of Russian music, Dargomyzhsky entered as one of the founders of realistic art. Protest against social inequality, interest in the destinies of people from the people, social and accusatory orientation are the most important features of his creativity. His operas differ in the fineness of the embodiment of […]...
19. Summary Nikolay Vitalievich Lysenko NIKOLAI VITALEVICH LYSENKO 1842-1912 The founder of the Ukrainian national composer school, Lysenko was the largest connoisseur of folk songs and a musical and public figure, choral conductor and pianist. His musical heritage includes operas, cantatas, romances, piano pieces and other instruments. The outstanding talent of the composer was most fully manifested in the field […]...
20. Summary Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-1791 Mozart’s art is one of the highest peaks of the world musical culture. The work of the great Austrian composer reflected the advanced ideas of his era, inexhaustible faith in the triumph of light and justice. Mozart’s music is dominated by cheerful colors, clear, uncorrupted lyrics; At the same time, it […]...
21. Summary Richard Wagner RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883 Wagner is the largest foreign composer of the second half of the 19th century. With his work he completed the development of the German romantic opera and made a significant contribution to the history of the world’s musical art. The central place in Wagner’s heritage is occupied by operas (altogether there are […]...
22. Summary Antonín Dvořák ANTONIN Dvorak 1841-1904 Antonin Dvořák is the largest Czech composer who, along with his older contemporary Smetana, is a classic of Czech music, the founder of the national composer school. In the formation of the national original art of the Czech Republic, he played a huge role. Dvorak’s music is distinguished by its exceptional melodic […]...
23. Summary Ivan Ivanovich Dzerzhinsky IVAN IVANOVICH DZERZHINSKY The genus. in 1909 The opera genre is the main sphere of Dzerzhinsky’s creative interests. The heroics of the revolutionary and people’s liberation struggle, the pathos of labor, the images of contemporaries-these are the themes of his work. The wide use of revolutionary and Soviet songs, the simplicity and accessibility of the […]...
24. Summary Tikhon Nikolaevich Khrennikov TIKHON NIKOLAEVICH Khrennikov The genus. in 1913 Khrennikov is a prominent Soviet composer, author of operas, symphonic works, mass songs, music for films and theater productions. Khrennikov’s music is cheerful, full of light, cheerful moods, warmed with sincere warmth and gentle humor. Simplicity and freshness bring her closer to popular creativity. The organic combination of […]...
25. Summary Sergey Vasilievich Rachmaninov SERGEI VASILYEVICH RAHMANINOV 1873-1943 Rachmaninov – a remarkable composer, pianist and conductor – wrote a bright page in the history of the world musical culture. In five piano concertos, three symphonies, operas and cantatas, compositions for pianoforte and romances, unique features of his work are depicted: the severity of life conflicts, pathetics, soulful lyricism. Sergei […]...
26. Summary Julius Sergeevich Meitus JULIA SERGEYEVIC MAITUS The genus. in 1903 The creative activity of Meitus, one of the prominent composers of Soviet Ukraine, began in the 1930s. Deep interest in Ukrainian folk music from the very first steps determined the direction of his activities. Numerous processing of folk songs influenced the musical language of the original works of […]...
27. Summary Christoph Willibald Gluck Christopher Willebald Gluck 1714-1787 Gluck entered the history of musical culture as a great reformer, who for many decades determined the ways of the development of the opera. His demands for dramatic truth, simplicity and naturalness corresponded to the advanced trends of the era. In place of court-aristocratic ceremonial performances with conventional plot and virtuosic […]...
28. Summary Nikolay Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov NIKOLAI ANDREEVICH ROMAN-KORSAKOV 1844-1908 Rimsky-Korsakov – an outstanding composer, music and public figure and teacher – left a huge creative legacy. It includes 15 operas, 3 symphonies, a number of orchestral works (among them the symphonic suite “Scheherazade”, 1888 and “The Spanish Capriccio”, 1887), numerous romances and other works are most popular. He also owns […]...
29. Summary Anton Grigorievich Rubinstein ANTON GRIGORIEVICH RUBINSTEIN 1829-1894 Rubinstein is a prominent figure in Russian music, a brilliant pianist, a talented and prolific composer. He wrote 15 operas, 5 oratories, 6 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, about 20 chamber-instrumental ensembles, 4 pianist sonatas, more than 160 songs and songs, and many works for pianoforte. Performing and public activities Rubinstein, especially […]...
30. Summary of Georges Bizet GEORGE BIZE 1838-1875 Bizet is a great realist artist. His cheerful, colorful and temperamental music is distinguished by melodic richness and dramatic expressiveness. The national-democratic aspirations of the French composers of the 19th century were half a mile in Bizet’s work, their most complete and vivid embodiment. Georges Bizet was born in Paris on October […]...
31. Biography of Mikhail Glinka Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka is a great Russian composer. The author of such famous works as: opera “Ruslan and Lyudmila”, “Kamarinskaya” symphony and “Waltz-fantasy”, “Pathetic trio” and many others. Early years Born May 20, 1804 in the village Novospassky Smolensk province in his father’s estate. An important fact of the short biography of Glinka is the […]...
32. Summary Uzeir Abdul Huseyn-oglu Hajibeyov UZEYIR ABDUL HUSSEIN-OGLA HAJIBEKOV 1885-1948 Gadzhibekov is an outstanding Azerbaijani composer, the founder of the national music school, a major music scholar and public figure. Showing a special interest in the theater, he laid the foundations of the Azerbaijani opera. Uzeir Abdul Huseyn-oglu Hajibeyov was born on September 17 (new) in 1885 in the village […]...
33. Biography of Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a great Austrian composer, conductor. The representative of the Vienna classical school of music, the author of more than 600 pieces of music. Early years Mozart Mozart) was born January 27, 1756 in the city of Salzburg in a musical family. In Mozart’s biography, musical talent was discovered even in early […]...
34. Summary of Giuseppe Verdi. Masquerade Ball BAL-MASKARAD Opera in four acts (six scenes) Libretto by A. Somma and F. Piave based on E. Skrib’s story Characters: Count Richard, Governor of Boston Renato, his secretary Amelia, wife of Renato Ulrika, the Witch Oscar, page of Count Silvano, sailor Tenor Baritone Soprano Mezzo soprano Soprano Bass Bass Bass Bass Tenor Tom Samuel } […]...
35. Summary Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky DMITRY BORISOVICH KABALEVSKY The genus. in 1904 Kabalevsky is one of the most active and versatile representatives of Soviet music. Composite creativity, he successfully combines with pedagogical, musical-critical and social activities. The music of Kabalevsky is permeated with the living breath of modern times. His heroes are the Soviet people, our youth. Various aspects of […]...
36. Summary Georgiy Illarionovich Mayboroda GEORGY ILLARIONOVICH MAYBORODA The genus. in 1913 Creativity of the prominent contemporary Ukrainian composer Georgy Mayboroda differs in its genre variety. He owns operas and symphonies, symphonic poems and cantatas, choirs, songs, romances. As the artist Mayboroda formed under the fruitful influence of the traditions of Russian and Ukrainian musical classics. The main feature of […]...
37. Summary of Bedřich Smetana SHEET SMITH 1824-1884 Sour cream is called the father of new Czech music, Czech Glinka. In his work, the musical genius of the Czech people flourished magnificently, the pictures of Czechia’s history, people’s life and nature revived, the rhythms of folk dances, the melodies of Czech songs captivating in beauty and freshness sounded. The legacy […]...
38. Biography of Modest Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky is a great Russian composer. Mussorgsky was born in the Pskov province, in the estate of his parents. The play on piano in his biography Mussorgsky was trained by Gerke. He studied to analyze, criticize works, as well as read scores in the circle of Balakirev. In 1852, for the first time […]...
39. Characteristics of creativity Tchaikovsky is a deeply national composer. In works he shows the life of Russian society, its way of life; gives a picture of Russian nature. The music is intonationally close to the Russian folk song. The composer himself wrote: “As for the Russian element in my music in general, that is, related to folk song […]...
40. What is opera Opera in translation from Italian means composition. Opera is a kind of musical-dramatic work based on a harmonious combination of music, stage action and words. Opera differs from other types of dramatic theater in that music is the main bearer of action, its driving force. For the first time the opera originated in Italy, in […]...