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The Italian libretto of Turandot is copyright 1926 by G. Ricordi & Co. The inclusion of the text of the aria - a long accompanied solo song in an opera - "Nessun dorma" is a quotation for the purpose of illustration and commentary, as permitted by the fair use doctrine of U.S. copyright law. |
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The Opera - A dramatic work in which all or most of the text is set to music. Opera first originated in Florence in the early 17th century as the result of attempts to revive Greek tragedy and to reproduce its musical elements. These became the aria, recitative, and chorus of operatic convention. The earliest opera still in the modern repertory is Monteverdi’s Orfeo (1607). Opera Seria is the Italian style of opera developed by such composers as Scarlatti and Handel and characterized by a heroic or mythological plot. Opera Buffa is a form of comic opera containing some spoken dialogue. It developed in the early 18th century and was originally performed between the acts of opera Seria. |
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At the end of the 18th century Mozart perfected Opera Buffa. In the early 19th century the influence of Romanticism gave rise to the works of Weber and Meyerbeer, while the Italian Bel Canto tradition was maintained by Bellini, Rossini, and Donizetti. In the mid-19th century the musical and dramatic elements of opera were combined by Wagner in his opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (1869–76) and his subsequent operas. Verdi extended the emotional and dramatic range of Italian opera. The realism of Bizet’s Carmen (1875) influenced Leoncavallo, Mascagni, and Puccini. In the 20th century a wide variety of operatic styles have flourished, including the dramatic realism of Janácek and the neoclassicism of Stravinsky. |
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