Music Homework

Watch the FIRST ACT of THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, which is preceded by the opening Overture with the opera pit orchestra by Mozart. This is 45 minutes long. Here is the URL site.

 After you have watched the FIRST ACT of the Opera, please answer the following 4 questions.

1. What is the difference between opera seria and opera buffa ?

1. What is the difference between an aria and a recitative?

1. On the top of page 180 in your book in Chapter 25, Cherubino’s aria, "Non so pin cosa son, cos a faccio" appears in Italian on the left with the English translation on the right. In the video, you will see Cherubino perform this aria.  In what way do the subtitles compare with the translation in the book? In other words, do the subtitles use the same translation or different words with the same meaning? Please give at least one example in comparison.  It can be one line from the aria, or more if you wish.

1. What famous movie uses this Opera’s Overture as the opening music for its movie?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8OHbbmfnW8 (Links to an external site.)