tailieunhanh - Toefl ibt listening E part 26

Tham khảo tài liệu 'toefl ibt listening e part 26', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Practice with Lectures 1. B 2. A operas 2 boring. Bi wrong ideas 3 A ths ancient Greeks. B the Renaissance 4 A a singer s abilities. B emotions 6 A dramatic opera B t comicas opera. C short comical opera 5. music dancing 3ancient Greeks during the Renaissance Htaiy Germans .Russia ca-mgye very short opera complex musical passage M1 Today class we are going to be talking about opera. M2 Opera Oh no. I know what that is. Operas are so boring. M1 Boring Not at ail Operas are dramas that employ the use of music. M2 They are dramas I thought an opera was when performers dressed up in costumes and then sang tn foreign languages on the stage. M1 Well. I am sure an opera appears that way if you don t know what is happening. Why don t we look at the history of opera to find out exactly what an opera is and how this form of drama evolved We have the ancient Greeks to thank for inspiring this form of expression. Tne ancient Greeks performed dramas that incorporated music and singing and sometimes even dancing. M2 The ancient Greeks But when I think of opera. I think of a large woman weanng a homed helmet and she is singing in. I don t know. German Italian Mi Either one would be correct as both the Germans and Italians embraced operatic performances. Modern opera began in Italy during the Renaissance. One of the very first modern operas was composed during the late sixteenth century by Jacopo Pen. It was called Dafoe and was an opera based on a Greek myth. M2 It cs hard enough to follow a play. Why must they add such complicated songs Sometimes it sounds like the singers are screaming Mt- Thciw aamplinatod oongfi. as you refer to them arc known os arias. An aria Io a complex musical passage created to showcase a singer s vocal range. But can you think of another reason why a wide range in vocal sound might be important M2 To show. when someone is angry Mi Close. An aria allows the performer to express a varied range of emotions through the tone of h s singing. It can .