passed, impressionistic music was well into its lifespan, but arising from amid the rubble of the romantic era was the Verismo movement! Verismo was a movement or new school of thought embodied in the operas of composers like Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordani, Giacomo Puccini. Verismo is virtually synonymous with ‘realism.’ It was an attempt made by composers to inject into opera, the real-life pains and experiences that so easily worked their way into drama, poetry and the spoken
Ruggero Deodato’s 1980 Cannibal Holocaust is arguably the most controversial film to date. The film’s plot consists of two distinct stories that are continually presented differently than their actual timeline; however, directly influence each other. The movie follows the demise of four ruthless documentary filmmakers: Alan Yates, Faye Daniels, Jack Anders and Mark Tomaso, as they adventure into the Amazon Rainforest in order to capture footage of primitive cannibal tribes. As the audience finds
was retrieved from Operas and Pictures. Composition Title Composer Style Period Fiddler on the Roof Tradition Sabbath Prayer Matchmaker Sunrise, Sunset To life! Anatevka Jerry Brock (1928-2010) Contemporary Bell Chorus from Paliacci Ruggero Leoncavallo(1857-1919) Romantic The student Prince To the Inn We’re Marching Serenade Student LIfe Deep in My Heart, Dear Golden DAys Drinking Song Students’ March Song Sigmund Romberg(1887-1951) Contemporary This Nearly
Giacomo Puccini once said, “Art is a kind of illness” (“Giacomo Puccini Quotes”). If that is true, then Puccini must have been one of the sickest artists of all time. Considered one of the best operatic composers of all time, Puccini’s music instills hope and passion into any one who listens to it. Other composers may have this artistic illness too, but never in the contagious way that Puccini’s work infects the musician in each one of us. Giacomo Puccini (also known as Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo