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OPERA COMPOSER

OF THE ROMANTIC
PERIOD

GROUP - 1
THANK YOU!
GEORGE BIZET

GEORGE BIZET-GEORGE BIZET WAS BORN


OCTOBER 25,1838 IN PARIS, FRANCE. HE
ENTERED THE PARIS CONSERVATORY OF
MUSIC AT VERY YOUNG AGE. BIZET WAS

A
BACAME FAMOUS BY HIS OPERAS"CARMEN".
DURING THE PERFORMANCES "CARMEN"
BIZET DIED RESULTED A HORRIBLE AND
CRITIZED PERFORMANCE.
FUN FACTS ABOUT
GEORGE BIZET

1.HE CAME FROM A FAMILY OF MUSICIANS

2. HE FIRST LEARNED MUSIC FROM HIS PARENTS

3.HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE PARIS CONSERVATOIRE


AT THE AGE OF 9
FRANZ SCHUBERT
FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT-FRANZ PETER
SCHUBERT WAS BORN ON THE 31ST OF JANUARY
1797 IN HIMMELPFORTGRUND, AUSTRIA.THE
PROPER NAME FOR FRANZ SCHUBERT'S SONG IS
LIEDER, WHICH GERMAN WORD FOR "SONG".

SCHUBERT DEVELOPED LIEDER SO THAT THEY


HAD A POWERFUL DRAMATIC IMPACT ON THE
LISTENERS. HE IS CONSIDERED THE LAST OF THE
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS AND ONE OF THE
ROMANTIC ONES.AND HE ALSO WROTE PIANO
PIECES, STRING QUARTET, OPERETTA AND THE
SYMPHONY NO.8 IN B MINOR("UNFINISHED
SYMPHONY").
FUN FACTS ABOUT
FRANZ SCHUBERT

1. HE POSSESSED A UNIQUE PHYSIQUE.

2. HE WAS PART OF THE


VIENNA BOYS’ CHOIR

3. HE HAILED FROM A LARGE FAMILY


GIACOMO PUCCINI

GIACOMO PUCCINI-GIACOMO PUCCINI


WAS BORN ON DECEMBEBER 22,1858 IN
LUCCA, ITALY.HE STUDIED AT THE
MILAN CONSERVATORY. AND HE
BELONGED TO A GROUP OF COMPOSER
WHO STRESSED REALISM. THEREFORE
HE DREW MATERIAL FROM EVERYDAY
LIFE, REJECTING HEROIC THEME FROM
MYTHOLOGY AND HISTORY.
FUN FACTS ABOUT
GIACOMO PUCCINI

1.PUCCINI WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THROAT


CANCER IN 1923.

2. HE ALMOST MISSED HIS FIRST METROPOLITAN OPERA


OPENING IN 1907 FOR HIS OPERA MANON LESCAUT.

3. PUCCINI WAS WORTH ROUGHLY $200 MILLION DOLLARS


WHEN HE DIED.
GIUSEPPE VERDI-GIUSEPPE VERDI
GIUSEPPE VERDI-GIUSEPPE VERDI HE INSISTED
ON A GOOD LIBRETTO AND WROTE OPERAS
WITH POLICAL OVERTONES AND FOR MIDDLE-
CLASS AUDIENCE.VERDI WAS BORN IN PARMA,
ITALAY ON OCTOBER 9, 1813.HIS FIRST OPERA
"OBERTO" WAS PERFORMED IN LA SCALA, THE
MOST IMPORTANT OPERA HOUSE AT THE TIME,
ALL OF HIS WORKS ARE SERIOUS LOVE STORY
WITH UNHAPPY ENDING.EXPRESSIVE VOCAL
MELODY IS THE SOUL OF A VERDI OPERA.HE
COMPLETED 25 OPERAS THROUGHOUT HIS
CAREER. HIS FINAL OPERA ENDS WITH "ALL THE
WORLD'S A JOKE.
FUN FACTS ABOUT
GIUSEPPE VERDI-GIUSEPPE VERDI
1.VERDI’S MUSIC WAS USED IN HUNDREDS OF FILM
SCORES.

2.PREMIERED IN ITALY 160 YEARS AGO, LA TRAVIATA IS


BASED ON THE SUCCESSFUL FRENCH NOVEL ‘THE LADY
OF THE CAMELLIAS’ WRITTEN BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS.

3.IN THE SPRING OF 1873 DURING A PRODUCTION OF AIDA


IN NAPLES, VERDI DECIDED TO COMPOSE A STRING
QUARTET PIECE, HIS ONLY KNOWN CHAMBER MUSIC
WORK.
RICHARD WAGNER
RICHARD WAGNER-RICARD WAGNER WAS
BORN IN LEIPZEG GERMANY ON MAY 22,1813.HE
INTRODUCED NEW IDEAS IN HARMONY AND IN
FORM, INCLUDING EXTREMES OF
CHROMATICSM. WAGNER EXERTED A STRONG
INFLUENCED ON THE OPERATIC MEDIUM. HE
WAS AN ADVOCATE OF A NEW FORM OF OPERAS
WHICH HE CALLED "MUSIC DRAMA".AND HE
DEVELOPED A COMOPOSITIONAL STYLE WHICH
THE OCHESTRA HAS EQUAL IMPORTANCE IN
DRAMATIC ROLES AS SINGER THEMSELVES.
FUN FACTS ABOUT
RICHARD WAGNER

1.HE WROTE BOTH THE MUSIC AND THE


LIBRETTO FOR HIS WORKS

2.HE WAS A GERMAN NATIONALIST

3.HE HAD A UNIQUE COMPOSING STYLE

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