Italian Opera
Posters
designed by HMS students in
Sig. Iaia and Sig. Abatemarco classes
L’opera che significa?
(Opera, what does it mean?)
• Opera means work.
• Libretto means the complete text of an opera, but literally the "little
book" that was published for operatic audiences beginning in the 18th
century so that they could read the poetry during the performance during
the 18th century.
• Opera Buffa — the term opera buffa means comic.
• Aria — is a piece of music (or 'song') for either a solo voice or an
orchestral accompaniment appearing in the context of an opera which
expresses the innermost thoughts and feelings of an operatic character.
• Bel Canto — means fine singing; a term loosely used to indicate the
elegant Italian vocal style of the 18th and early 19th centuries. The operas
of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti are commonly considered examples of the
bel canto style, although the term was in common usage earlier.
• Finale — is the last part of an opera, or of an act of an opera. It is often
a formal, extended 'piece' at the end of an act during which the principal
characters in the opera have the opportunity to dramatically evolve to a
climax point or to the completion of the drama.
I Pagliacci
Ruggero Leoncavalli
La Traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlo
Giuseppe Verdi
Spring Symphony
Ludwig Beethoven
Cenerendola
Gioacchino Rossini
La Dolce Vita
Nino Rota
Tenor ALEX
KARIOTIS and
members of his
ROCK OPERA
ORCHESTRA
performed at HMS.
The concert included “NESSUN DORMA” and “VESTI La GIUBBA”
FINE
“The End”