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Aida A Transformation from Opera to Musical

Aida A Transformation from Opera to Musical. Verdi’s AIDA. Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA. Jessica Carter Jon Chang Julie Len Aaron Meyer. Overview. Love triangle between Aida, Radames, and Amneris Radames unintentionally betrays his country out of love for Aida

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Aida A Transformation from Opera to Musical

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  1. Aida A Transformation from Opera to Musical Verdi’s AIDA Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA Jessica Carter Jon Chang Julie Len Aaron Meyer

  2. Overview • Love triangle between Aida, Radames, and Amneris • Radames unintentionally betrays his country out of love for Aida • Radames is sentenced to entombment • Aida secretly hides herself in the grave to die with Radames

  3. Plot Verdi’s Opera • Tragic • Serious • Emphasis on religion Broadway Musical • Romanticized • Light-hearted and Comical • Written for a larger audience

  4. Aida and Radames find each other in a museum

  5. Characters

  6. Other Characters Opera • Preist-wants to execute slaves Musical’s Twists: • Zoser- evil; poisons Pharaoh • Mereb -humor • Amonasro-not as prominent

  7. Music Opera • traditional classical music • Full orchestra with acoustic instruments • Big chorus Musical • Simple melodies, chords and harmonies • Rock band, with few orchestral instruments • (3 keyboards, bass, guitar, drums, percussion, oboe, flute, cello, violin, French horn) • The use of electronic instruments and sounds • Use of reprises • Use of re-occurring themes and motifs in the orchestrations by Paul Bogaev and Steve Margoshes

  8. Sets and Costumes • Opera • Filmed at an actual production at the Metropolitan Opera House • Simple sets and costumes; not many changes

  9. Sets Aida gives the Nubians hope and courage in “Dance of the Robe”

  10. Sets Aida, Radames, and Amneris: The Love Triangle

  11. Conclusion • Theme of opera: tragic love • Theme of musical: fairy-tale love Transformation: Verdi’s opera version of Aida is transformed by Elton John to a musical made for popular culture, making the story more entertaining and up-lifting.

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