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    Republic of the Philippines

    Department of Education
    Division of Bohol
    (MUSIC 9)
    FOURTH QUARTER
    Quarter : 4 Week : 1 Day : 1 Activity No. : 1
    Competency: : Explains the plot, musical and theatrical elements of an opera after
    watching video samples; (MU9OP-IVa-g-1)
    Objective :
    Topic : Elements of an Opera
    Materials : Pen
    Reference : (Royal Opera House 2015)
    Royal Opera House. 2015. La Traviata. March 24. Accessed November 6,
    2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGlugsYQZgg.

    (larsolito 2017)—. 2017. Alfredo-Aria-La Traviata. March 22. Accessed


    November 6, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHqBBSYJvU4.

    (M. G. Badiola 2017)Badiola, Mary Grace J., Mary Ann C. Vecino, Danilo S.
    Duyan, Althea Mae B. Bongcawil, Jenny C. Mendoza, Gail Josephine P.
    Bustillo, Ace Sauden B. Pambuan, and Lourdes R. Siobal. 2017. A Journey
    Through Western Music and Arts 9. Valenzuela City: Department of
    Education.

    Copyrights : For classroom use only


    Concept Notes:
    COMPONENTS/ ELEMENTS OF AN OPERA
    Is the text of an opera, Librettist and the composer work closely together to
    LIBRETTO
    tell the story.
    Is the book that the composer and librettist put together which has all the
    musical notes, words, and ideas to help the performers tell the story. Often,
    SCORE there are operas with overtures (long opening piece), preludes (preliminary
    performance shorter than overture), prologues (separate introductory scene),
    several acts, finales, and postludes (a concluding piece).
    Is the declamatory singing, used in the prose parts and dialogue of opera.
    Different roles in operas are created taking into account different types of
    RECITATIVE
    voices. Each role requires a different type of singer, not only able to sing a
    given vocal characteristics, color and power.
    Is an air or solo singing part sung by a principal character. This song is what
    the public will remember best when leaving the opera house. Properly and
    well sung, a beautiful aria can bring an audience to its feet and decide the fate
    of an entire opera.
    Style of Singing of An Aria: BEL CANTO TECHNIQUE
    ARIA
    When singing an opera, the focus of the performance is on the singing
    technique. Opera technique called Bel Canto, which literally means
    “beautiful singing”. This is done by singing with your mouth and throat wide
    open and used with the proper breath support to project the voice through the
    entire hall.
    FOR THE MALE VOICE:
    • TENOR – is the highest male voice
    VOCAL • BARITONE – is the middle male voice, lies between Bass and Tenor
    RANGE/ voice. It is the common male voice.
    QUALITY OF • BASS – is the lowest male voice
    A SINGER FOR THE FEMALE:
    OR OPERA • SOPRANO – highest female voice
    CHARACTER • COLORATURA – highest soprano voice
    • LYRIC – bright and full sound
    • DRAMATIC – darker full sound
    Republic of the Philippines
    Department of Education
    Division of Bohol

    • MEZZO_SOPRANO – most common female voice, strong middle


    voice, tone is darker or deeper than the soprano
    • CONTRALTO – lowest female voice and most unique among female

    ACTIVITY 1: The Voice


    Situation: You would like to organize a musical one-act play in your community as one of the
    entertainments during the fiesta celebration. You want to apply your knowledge about opera after
    learning from it in your Music class. In choosing your characters, you test the quality of their
    voices or vocal range whether they have the operatic quality of voices.
    You start with your family members, friends, or neighbors. Let them sing and determine
    the vocal range. If male, determine whether tenor, baritone or base and if female choose whether
    it is soprano, coloratura, lyric, dramatic, mezzo soprano or contralto. Write the needed data below
    with their signature on the space provided.
    NAME VOCAL RANGE (voice quality) SIGNATURE

    ACTIVITY 2:
    Here is an example of the story of famous opera of the Romantic period:
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGlugsYQZgg (La Traviata; Violetta Aria)
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHqBBSYJvU4 (Alfredo Aria-La Traviata)

    - Music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Libretto in Italian by Francesco


    Maria Piave, based on “La Dame aux Camelias”
    - Categorized as a Romantic tragedy, Set in Paris, France during 1850
    - Originally in three acts, but present-day productions are usually in four
    acts dividing the original act II
    - ACT I: Violetta’s Paris salon, luxuriously furnished.
    - ACT II: A villa near Paris
    - ACT III: Ballroom in Flora’s mansion
    - ACT IV: Violetta’s bedroom
    Photocredit:Pinterest
    SYNOPSIS: At one of her brilliant supper parties, the beautiful but frail demi-mondaine, Violetta
    Valery, meets the well born Alfredo Germont. They immediately fell in love and she decided to
    abandon her life of pleasure. Alfredo’s father did not approve their love. Violetta determined to
    make the sacrifice, then departs and leave only a note for Alfredo. She appears at a ball in Flora’s
    house in the arm of an old admirer, Baron Douphol, which makes Alfredo angry. Alfredo
    challenges the Baron to play cards where alfredo wins consistently. Unable to persuade Violetta
    to go with him, Alfredo insult her. Violetta becomes ills and all her friends desert her. Alfredo
    return to Violetta. Overjoyed at the sight of him, Violetta attempts to rise but falls into Alfredo’s
    arms. As Germont and the doctor enter, Violetta dies.

    CHECKLIST: TRUE OR FALSE. Put a check mark (√) if the statement manifests the elements of
    an opera, and X mark if it is not.
    ______________1. Violetta is the principal character of the opera.
    ______________2. ACT II is recitative.
    ______________3. Violetta have a soprano voice.
    ______________4. Bel Canto Technique is an aria style of singing.

    REFLECTION:
    1. What do you think, makes the plot of the opera Romantic? Why?

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