Opera Roundup

This week has been filled with opera related matters, including a fun little project comparing multiple performances of the same recitative passage. I covered "Tutto è disposto" from Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro. 

My results:

Recitative Comparison

You can compare the three examples yourself with this playlist that I created. Help me out: what differences did I leave out? Check the score using this link.

I took some good notes in class, some of which will be unintelligible, and some which will be perfectly clear.

And of course, my scores came in:

And I've since been hard at work compiling this into a usable chart....

Accompagnato

I spent the weekend on the general topic of recitativo accompagnato.

First, a little crowdsourcing for repertoire information:

Post by Jordan Smith.

An outline, some collated information out of Oxford/Groves (a work in progress in collaboration with several colleagues, our summary found at bottom):

Some information from a favorite on my reference shelf: The Art of Accompanying and Coaching by Kurt Adler.

And my teacher's take from the Conductor's point of view:

The Score, the Orchestra, and the Conductor  by Gustav Meier