1. What is Opera?

2. What is Opera?

3. What is Opera?
Story
Scenery
Costumes
Music
Singing
Drama

4. Isn’t that a Play? A Play is a drama A Play has characters
A Play has scenery
A Play might have music
A Play might have singing
A singer sings many songs
An Opera is a drama
An Opera has characters
An Opera has scenery
An Opera must have music
An Opera must have singing
A singer sings EVERYTHING!

5. Can we diagram the play and Opera?

6. What does “Opera” Mean
An Opera is a musical drama that is generally sung throughout, combining the resources of vocal and instrumental music with poetry and drama, acting , scenery and costumes.

7. How Old is Opera?

8. How old is Opera? The first Opera was written in 1597.
The earliest opera were in Italy.

9. Which composers wrote Operas?
Mozart
Wagner
Puccini
Verdi
Rossini
Lully
Handel
Gluck
Meyerbeer
Berlioz
Strauss
Andrew Lloyd Webber

10. Who is needed to perform an Opera?
Musicians
Singers

11. Who is needed to perform an Opera?
People to design and make the costumes

12. Who is needed to perform an Opera?
People to design and build the scenery

13. Who is needed to perform an Opera?
People to light the scenery

14. Nobody still writes Operas, do they?

15. Can we see an Opera?

16. Can we see an Opera?

17. Can we see an Opera?

18. Play or Opera? Which one has characters, scenery, costumes and music?
Either One.
A Play Can have music;
An Opera MUST have music.

19. Play or Opera? Which one is entirely music? An Opera
A Play Can have music;
An Opera MUST have music.

20. Play or Opera? Which one may have songs? A Play.
A Play Can have songs;
An Opera MUST have songs.

21. Play or Opera? Which one has characters speaking to one another?
Generally, a play.
A Play will have dialogue.
An Opera usually is all singing instead of any talking.

22. The End
(Finis)