Opera Guide

accompaniment Aida Allegro Andante appears aria arrives asks bass beautiful Brünnhilde Carlos castle century Characters charming chorus climax comes comic opera composer Count Countess dance daughter death Der Freischütz Die Zauberflöte disguised Don Giovanni Donna dramatic duet effect Elvira ensemble enters Falstaff father Faust Festival final followed French garden German girl gives Gluck heard Italian Jenůfa kill King Lady leave leitmotivs libretto lovers lyrical magic marriage marry melody Motif Mozart night Opéra opera buffa Opera in three opera seria operetta orchestra Otello overture palace Paris Parsifal passionate peasants performance Place play plot popular Prince prison Queen recitatives rhythms Richard Strauss Rigoletto Rodelinda scene score second act servants Siegfried singers sings Singspiel soldiers song soprano stage story Strauss style success Tannhäuser tells tenor Text theatre theme three acts Tosca tries Tsar tunes verismo Vienna Viennese village voice Wagner wife Wotan Wozzeck wrote young