Modulation in Opera

Creator: 
Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Elizabeth Calleo, Marguerite Krull, Jeffrey Thompson, Karim Sulayman, Douglas Williams, Randall Scarlata, Opera Lafayette, and Ryan Brown
Description: 

A transition from one key to another, often occurring as a means of reflecting the emotions conveyed by the text. In this case, from a major key to its relative minor.

Publisher: 
Naxos
Contributor: 
Sarah Uhimchuk
Format: 
Catalog No. 8.660305
Type: 
Opera
Source: 

Excerpt of Act 1 Scene 1 of La Magnifique by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry

Date: 
2012
Subject: 

galant, 18th century, modulation, major, minor, Grétry, opera, word painting, harmony, tonality, duet, soprano, aria