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Begins on page 152 Chapter 18 Classical Opera Development of Opera  Expressiveness replaced by virtuoso singing  Reformed by Gluck  Opera seria 

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2 Begins on page 152 Chapter 18 Classical Opera

3 Development of Opera  Expressiveness replaced by virtuoso singing  Reformed by Gluck  Opera seria  Opera buffa

4 Mozart’s Operas  Often about nobility  Composed in both the seria and buffa types  Arias of exceptional musical quality

5 Mozart’s Don Giovanni  Don Giovanni (Don Juan) is a legendary Spanish nobleman  Commissioned by an opera company in Prague  Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte

6 Mozart: Don Giovanni, Act II, Scene 5  Characters: ► Don Giovanni ► Leporello, his cowardly servant ► Commandant, now a statue ► Demon Voices

7 Mozart: Don Giovanni, Act II, Scene 5  Don Giovanni has forgotten about his dinner invitation to the statue of the Commandant  Donna Elvira begs Don Giovanni to change his ways, but he mocks her  As she leaves she meets the statue of the Commandant and screams

8 Mozart: Don Giovanni, Act II, Scene 5  Statue of the Commandant demands that Don Giovanni repent. Copyright © 2010 by Schirmer Cengage Learning  Don Giovanni refuses  Demon Voices sing as Don Giovanni is consumed in flames

9 Summary  Development of Opera  Mozart’s Operas  Mozart’s Don Giovanni  Mozart: Don Giovanni, Act II, Scene 5

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