Abstract
Gaetano Donizetti was one of the leading composers of the earlier stage of Romantic Period, devoted to both opera seria and opera buffa with masterpieces in various styles. His compositions was influence by Gioachino Rossini and and Vincenzo Bellini. The three composers wrote bravura works for the stage during what musicologists sometimes call the "bel canto era" and enlighted the following glorious development of Italian operas.
This research was focused on the two tenor arias of Nemorino from L’elisir d’amore. First part of the thesis is the background of bel canto operas, opera buffa, the compositions of Gaetano Donizetti, and L’elisir d’amore. The second part is the compositional analysis on the two arias from the musical score and the also the stage interpretation by two tenors.
The findings were based the study of the role and story, and the combining of emotion and expression with composition clues. The aim of this thesis is for the theoretical and lyrical understanding devoted to future performances.
Graduation Concert Repertoire:
John Dowland（1563-1626）
‘Come again, sweet love doth now invite’ from First Book of Ayres
George Frideric Handel（1685-1759）
Recitative: ’He was cut off out of the land of living:’
Aria: ’But thou didst not leave his soul in hell’ from Messiah
Vincero Legrenzo Ciampi（1719-1762）
‘Nina’
Robert Schumann（1810-1856）
‘Im wunderschönen Monat Mai’ from Dichterliebe, Op.48, no.1
‘Ich will meine Seele tauchen’ from Dichterliebe, Op.48, no.5
‘Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen’ from Dichterliebe, Op.48, no.9
‘Widmung’ from Myrthen, Op.25
Gaetano Donizetti（1797-1848）
Aria: ’Quanto e bella, quanto e cara’
Duet: ’Chiedi all'aura lusinghiera’
Aria: ’Una furtiva lagrima’ from L'elisir D'amore
César Franck（1822-1890）
‘Panis Angelicus’ from Messe à trois voix, Op.12
Gabriel Fauré（1845-1924）
‘ici bas’ from 3 songs, Op.8, no.3
‘Chanson d’amour’ from 2 songs, Op.27 , no. 1
Giuseppe Verdi（1813-1901）
Aria: ‘La donna è mobile’ from Rigoletto
Benjamin Britten（1913-1976）
‘Master Kilby’ from Folk Song Arrangements, Volumn 6
Aaron Copland（1900-1971）
‘Simple Gifts’ from Old American Songs, Set 1
‘At the River’ from Old American Songs, Set 2
屈文中（1942-1992）
〈白雲歌送劉十六歸山〉
黃友棣（1912-2010）
〈遺忘〉
蕭泰然（1938-2015）
〈出外人〉
Claude-Michel Schönberg（1944-）
”Empty chairs with empty tables” from Les Misérables