Study Guide - Florida Grand Opera

1 Study Guide 2012 / 2013 Florida Grand Opera gratefully recognizesthe following donors who have providedsupport of its education Foundation BEACH23 Study Guides // magic flute Florida Grand Opera // Kevin Mynatt Florida Grand OPERAA message fromKevin MynattDear Friends, Welcome to our exciting 2012-2013 season! Florida Grand Opera is pleased to present the magical world of Opera to the diverse audience of South Florida . We begin our season with a classic Italian production of Giacomo Puccini s La boh me. We c o n t i n u e w i t h a s u p e r n a t u r a l s i n g s p i e l , Mozart s The magic flute and Vincenzo Bellini s famous Opera La sonnam-bula, with music from the bel canto tradition.

2 The main stage season is completed with a timeless Opera with Giuseppe Verdi s La traviata. As our RH WIEWSR REPI [I LEZI EHHIH ER I\XVE STIVE XS SYV WGLIHYPI MR SYV continuing efforts to be able to reach out to a newer and broader range of people in the community; a tango Opera Mar a de Buenoa Aires by stor Piazzolla. As a part of Florida Grand Opera s Education Program and Stu-dent Dress Rehearsals, these informative and comprehensive Study guides can help students better understand the Opera through context and plot. )EGL SJ XLIWI WXYH] KYMHIW EVI PPIH [MXL LMWXSVMGEP FEGOKVSYRHW WXSV]PMRI structures, a synopsis of the Opera as well as a general history of Florida Grand Opera .

3 Through this information, students can assess the plotline of each Opera as well as gain an understanding of the why the librettos were written in their Grand Opera believes that education for the arts is a vital enrich-QIRX XLEX QEOIW WXYHIRXW [IPP VSYRHIH ERH LIPTW QEOI XLIMV PMZIW QSVI GYPXYVEPP] JYP PPMRK 3R FILEPJ SJ XLI *PSVMHE +VERH 3 TIVE [I LSTI XLEX these Study guides will help students delve further into the Opera . We hope you enjoy the show! - PSSO JSV[EVH XS WIIMRK ]SY EX XLI 3 TIVE Kevin G. Mynatt Managing Director Florida Grand Opera 45 Study Guides // magic flute Florida Grand Opera // Content Attending an OperaFlorida Grand OperaRoots and DevelopmentOn Broadway!]

4 Close up with Jeanette VecchioneThe Operatic Voice The magic FluteCast & CharactersSynopsisThe ComposerLibrettistsSo what is Singspiel ?Fr e e m a s o n r yMozart s MusicThe Age of EnlightenmentPa m i n aGender in The magic FluteClass in The magic FluteRace in The magic FluteWhat else happened in that year?ReferencesCreditsContent6-910-1314- 1718-2122-2930-3536-3738-3940-5152-5556- 5960-6566-7172-7576-8182-8586-8990-9192- 9394-9798-101102-10367 Study Guides // magic flute Florida Grand Opera // Attending an Opera Florida Grand OPERAA ttending an OperaFGO dress rehearsal89 Study Guides // magic flute Florida Grand Opera // Attending an OperaOPERA ETIQUETTE:_Attending an Opera is an exciting occasion!

5 You should dress comfortably, but presentably. Many audi-ence members use an Opera as an opportunity to dress in formal early. Audience members who arrive after the start of the performance are prevented from entering until there is a change of is customary to show your appreciation at various times in the performance with applause. The audience will applaud at the beginning of each act as the con-ductor enters the orchestra pit, at the ends of partic-ularly well-sung arias or choruses, at the close of each WGIRI SV EGX ERH HYVMRK XLI REP GYVXEMR GEPP EW XLI performers bow. _If you want to show your admiration even more, you can call out Bravo!

6 For a male singer, Brava! for a female singer, or Bravi! for an ensemble. If you en-joyed the entire production, stand and clap during the curtain call to join in a standing ovation. _Audience members are expected to turn off all cell phones and refrain from using cameras with or with-SYX EWL HYVMRK XLI TIVJSVQERGI _While concessions are sold in the lobby before the performance and during intermissions, no food or HVMRO MW EPPS[IH MRWMHI SJ XLI XLIEXVI _Be respectful of the musicians and your fellow audience QIQFIVW ERH HS RSX XEPO HYVMRK XLI TIVJSVQERGI Most importantly, enjoy the Opera !WHAT WILL YOU SEE IN AN Opera ? Opera combines colorful sets and costumes, dynamic staging, passionate stories, and poetic words with beautiful music.]

7 Richard Wagner referred to it as +IWEQOYRWX[IVO SV E XSXEP EVX [SVO =SY QMKLX [EXGL HERGMRK W[SVH KLXMRK GLEVEGXIVW HVIWWMRK MR disguises, the tenor wooing the soprano, or unfurling schemes against another character. Operas can be romantic, comedic, tragic, dramatic, or all of the above. Primarily, Opera is entertaining! WHAT WILL YOU HEAR IN AN Opera ?Operas are sung in many different languages, the most common of which are Italian, French, German, and English. The magic flute , however, is sung in German. Florida Grand Opera provides supertitles (transla-tions of the text projected on a screen above the stage) in English and Spanish. Singers are accompanied by the orchestra which can consist of string instruments PMOI ZMSPMRW ZMSPEW GIPPSW ERH HSYFPI FEWWIW [SSH-[MRHW PMOI YXIW GPEVMRIXW SFSIW ERH FEWWSSRW ERH FVEWW MRWXVYQIRXW PMOI XVYQTIXW JVIRGL LSVRW XVSQ-bones, and tubas.]]]]]]

8 1011 Study Guides // magic flute Florida Grand Opera // Florida Grand Opera The Greater Miami Opera was founded by Dr. Ar-turo di Filippi, a voice teacher at the University of 1 MEQM 8LI VWX TVSHYGXMSR LIPH EX 1 MEQM 7 IRMSV High School in 1942, was a single performance of Leoncavallo s Pagliacci, performed in English, with Dr. di Filippi singing the role of Canio. In 1945, Dr. di Filippi appeared in a production of Il trovatore at Ft. Lauderdale Central High School, representing XLI VWX TVSHYGXMSR SJ XLI 8LI 3 TIVE +YMPH -RG Florida Grand Opera has a rich history of present-ing internationally acclaimed artists such as Robert 1 IVVMPP (SVSXL] /MVWXIR 6 MGLEVH 8 YGOIV 6 IREXE Tebaldi, Roberta Peters, Franco Corelli, Renata Florida Grand OPERAF loridaGrand OperaFlorida Grand Opera stands as one of the old-est performing arts organizations in Florida and in the nation.)

9 Florida Grand Opera is one of the resident companies of The Adrienne Arsht Cen-ter for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County where it presents its Miami performances in the Ziff Ballet Opera House. Fort Lauderdale perfor-mances are given at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Florida Grand Opera was formed in June 1994 by the merger of Greater Miami Op-era, founded in 1941, and The Opera Guild Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, founded in Arturo di Filippi1213 Study Guides // magic flute Florida Grand Opera // Florida Grand Opera 7 GSXXS 1 SRXWIVVEX 'EFEPPI .SR :MGOIVW 7 LIVVMPP Milnes, Nicolai Gedda, Birgit Nilsson, Anna Moffo, Pl cido Domingo, Beverly Sills, Joan Sutherland, Evelyn Lear, James Morris, Thomas Stewart, Diana Soviero, Justino Diaz, Simon Estes, Elizabeth Fu-tral, Helen Donath, Deborah Voigt, and Fernandode la Mora.

10 Luciano Pavarotti made his American debut in 1965 with the company s production of Lucia di Lammermoor. In April, 2007, Florida Grand Opera presented the critically acclaimed world premiere of David Carl-son s Anna Karenina with libretto by Colin Graham. Anna Karenina was commissioned as a co-produc-tion by Florida Grand Opera , Michigan Opera The-atre, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. In May 1997, the Company presented the world premiere of Bal-seros, an Opera by Robert Ashley with libretto by world renowned Cuban writer Mar a Irene Forn s. Balseros was commissioned as a co-production by Florida Grand Opera , Miami-Dade Community College and the South Florida Composers Alliance.