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Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'albergo del giglio d'oro (The Journey to Reims, or The Hotel of the Golden Fleur-de-lis) is an operatic dramma giocoso, originally performed in three acts, [1] by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Balocchi [], based in part on the 1807 novel Corinne ou l'Italie by Germaine de Staël.
Coro di ninfi e pastori Ecco Orfeo, cui pur dianzi ("Here is Orpheus, for whom sighs were food") Act 2 Orchestra Sinfonia Orfeo, pastori secondo e terzo Ecco pur ch'a voi ritorno ("Behold I return to you") Sections interspersed with ritornelli Coro di ninfi e pastori Dunque fa' degni, Orfeo ("Then, Orpheus, make worthy") Followed by ritornello ...
Defranceschi moves the plot and structure away from Elizabethan drama and closer to the standard conventions of late 18th century opera buffa. Highlights include the Sinfonia (overture) in the style of contra dances. [citation needed] The entire opera shows the influence of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, which was being successfully revived at ...
Niccolò Jommelli (Italian: [nikkoˈlɔ jomˈmɛlli]; 10 September 1714 – 25 August 1774) was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School.Along with other composers mainly in the Holy Roman Empire and France, he was responsible for certain operatic reforms including reducing ornateness of style and the primacy of star singers somewhat.
This is a complete list of operas by Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741). He claimed to have composed 94 operas, but fewer than 50 titles have been identified, of which the scores of only 20 or so survive, wholly or in part.
The first concert held on August 28, 2000 took place at the Grand Ballroom of Mulia Hotel, Jakarta. The Jakarta Symphony performed Mozart 's Symphony No. 40 in G minor K. 550, Haydn 's Concerto for Flute in D major, and several compositions by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Gioachino Rossini and Johann Strauss II .
In classical music, arioso (; also aria parlante [1] [ˈaːrja parˈlante]) is a category of solo vocal piece, usually occurring in an opera or oratorio, falling somewhere between recitative and aria in style. Literally, arioso means airy. The term arose in the 16th century along with the aforementioned styles and monody.
The more modern sinfonia type was firmly established in Torelli's second publication to include concertos, Op. 6 (1698), and in Giulio Taglietti's Concerti a Quattro, Op. 4 (1699), which turn to the three-movement (fast-slow-fast) pattern and more homophonic texture familiar to us from the solo concerto and opera sinfonia.