ARTS 9

Quarter
Module 2 – Week 7
Western Classical Plays/Opera
(Greek, Renaissance, Romantic

Objectives:
At the end of this Learning Activity Sheet, you are expected to:
1. Choreograph the movements and gestures needed in the
effective delivery of a selected piece from Western Classical
plays and opera. A9PR-IVe-f-3
2. Improvises accompanying sound and rhythm needed in the effective
delivery of a selected piece from Western Classical plays and operas.
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3. Performs in a group showcase of the selected piece from Western
Classical. A9PR-IVg-5
Actvity 1. Review: Match Me, I’m Fallen!
Directions: Match column A to column B by writing the correct answer on a separate
sheet of Paper.

A B
1. Chariots

2. Uses machine Francisco Baltazar

Severino Reyes
3. “Melodrame”
Renaissance theater
4. Florante @ Laura” Baroque theater
5. Tragedy & Comedy Play Neoclassical theater
6. “Walang Sugat” Romantic theater
7. Orchestra,Theatron,Parados
Greek theater
8.Fixed & Movable Stage Roman theater

9. Father of theater design Medieval theater

in the Philippines. Salvador F. Bernal

10. “Queen Elizabeth”

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 Western Classical Plays/Opera: Greek
Sophocles, born in Colonus near Athens, Greece in 496
B.C.E., he was an ancient Greek playwright. His father,
Sophilus, was a wealthy member of the 'Deme' rural society.
Sophocles was highly educated. He's one of three tragedians
from Greece whose plays have lived on. The Suda, an ancient
encyclopedia from the 10th century, from which we know that
123 plays were composed by him, but only seven have
survived in a complete form.
Those are:
1. Ajax
2. Antigone
3. The Women of Trachis
4. Oedipus (Ee dih-pus) the King
5. Electra
Sophocles 6. Philoctetes
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single festival. Oedipus the King, written sometime after the
Main Characters deadly plague in Athens in 430 BC, was the second of the three
plays to be produced. Audiences very well knew the legend of
Oedipus, so Sophocles could make use of dramatic irony.
Oedipus hears rumors that Polybus is not his real father and
seeks advice from the oracle at Delphi. Before he gets an
answer to his question, the priestess tells him the prophecy
about killing his father and marrying his mother.
To avoid the prophecy, Oedipus flees Corinth, vowing never to
return.
Oedipus gets into an argument with a man (Laius) on the road
and kills him. He then goes to Thebes and saves the city by
correctly answering the riddle of the Sphinx. As a reward,
Oedipus becomes king of Thebes and marries the queen,
Jocasta. Years later the city suffers from a plague of infertility
indicating someone had polluted the city.

Oedipus – the king of Thebes Creon – Oedipus brother-in-law

 Eurydice – Creon’s wife
Polybus – Oedipus foster father
Apollo – god or oracle of Delphi
King Laius – father of Oedipus
Merope – Oedipus foster mother
Jocasta – mother and wife of Oedipus Antigone and Ismene – the
Polynices and Eteocles – sons of daughters of Oedipus
Oedipus Haemon – Antigone’s lover
Tiresias – the blind prophet Sphinx – The half human half lion
that symbolizes plague and
misfortune.
Staging and Music of Sophocles
Staging: The Parthenon’s facade, has the design of Ionic order
columns with cornice and moldings on the top, and elevated by
5 step-risers at the center, and has a platform in front near the
audience.

Music: Sophocles also used the Chorus at the beginning of the

play to help tell the audience the given circumstances of the play.
Choruses did a lot of lamenting of terrible events. Costumes: Men
wore loose floor length poncho with pleated shoulder while
females wore draped robes.
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Elements/Principles of the Greek Play

Actors Festival Voice Facial expression
3 actors in tragedy and 5 Sample: The delivery: Facial expression is not
actors in comedy Theater of Dionysus declamatory important because of the
masks they wear.
Movements Music Venue Audience
Conventionalized, The musical Auditorium on a slope The spectators
stylized or symbolic accompaniment for of acropolis which is standing or seated on
gestures like those in drama is played on panoramic landscape. the slope of
mimetic dance. flute. acropolis;the
audiences expresses
their opinion noisly; the
high points of each
festiva:the awarding of
prizes.

 All of the actors and playwrights were

men. Women were not allowed to
participate.
 The actors played multiple roles, so mask was
used to show the change in character or
mood.
 Gestures and body movements were controlled
and stately.
  If playing female role need for female
appearance (wore the prosterneda before the
chest and the progastrida before the belly.

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 Western Classical Plays/Opera: Renaissance
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), considered the best
English- speaking writer in history and recognized as the
national poet of England, had more dramatic works performed
than any other playwright. To this day, his thesis is honored by
numerous theater festivals around the world, students
memorize his eloquent poetry, and historians reinterpret the
million words of text he wrote. They still look for information
about the life of the person that inspires such "bardolatry" (as it
was derisively named by George Bernard Shaw), much of
which remains shrouded in mystery. Located in Elizabethan
England into a family of humble,
William Shakespeare the "Bard of Avon" wrote at least 37 plays and a book of
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Shakespeare’s Childhood and Family Life

100 miles northwest of London, and baptized there on 26 April 1564.Traditionally, his
birthday is celebrated on April 23, which was the date of his death in 1616 and is the feast day of
St. George, England's patron saint. John, the founder of Shakespeare, dabbled in agriculture,
wood trading, tanning, leatherwork, money lending and other occupations; before slipping into
poverty in the late 1580s, he also held a number of civic offices. John, the charismatic son of a
tenant farmer, improved his social standing by marrying an aristocratic landowner's daughter, Mary
Arden.
Shakespeare’s Plays and Poems
The first plays of Shakespeare, considered to have been published before or after 1592,
cover all three of the major dramatic genres in the oeuvre of the bard: tragedy ("Titus
Andronicus"); satire ("The Two Gentlemen of Verona," "The Comedy of Errors" and "The Taming
of the Shrew"); and history (the trilogy of "Henry VI" and "Richard III"). As these early works
premiered on the London stage, Shakespeare was undoubtedly associated with several separate
theater companies. He began writing and acting in 1594 with a troupe known as the Lord
Chamberlain's Men (renamed the King's Men after its patron was chosen by James I) Finally, to
create the iconic Globe theater in 1599, he became its house playwright and joined with other
founders.
Shakespeare wrote the most popular of his 37-plus plays between the mid-1590s and his
retirement around 1612, including "Romeo and Juliet," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Hamlet,"
"King Lear," "Macbeth" and "The Tempest." He is renowned as a dramatist for his frequent use of
iambic pentameter, meditative soliloquies (such as Hamlet's ubiquitous "To be, or not to be"
speech) and ingenious wordplay. His works weave together and recreate dramatic conventions
from ancient Greece, including various casts of characters with complicated psyches and
emotional struggles in human.
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Romeo, son of Montague, and Juliet, daughter of the sworn
enemy. But only a tragic twist of fate can promise peace. When
Shakespeare staged Romeo and Juliet in 1594, it was already a
centuries-old Italian tale that had been translated and adapted
in verse and prose by a number of poets and storytellers. Out of
the common threads of those now-forgotten works,
Shakespeare created not only one of his most popular plays,
but one that would become the archetypal love story of the
English language.
 The Use of Sound in Romeo and Juliet

There are three types of sound that can be used in a film: dialogue; sound effects and music.
As well as this, these sounds can also be classified as diegetic sound and non-diegetic sound. I shall
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Sound Effects - there are many sound effects that have been used in this opening sequence to
emphasize certain movements and actions. The sound effects used were:
 the screeching of wheels when cars were braking or pulling away
 the revving of car engines
 the tapping of Tybalt's metal heeled shoes
 gun shots
 the sound of the gun hitting the floor
 the screech from the gas station sign blowing in the wind
Most of these sound effects are diegetic as they would occur naturally in the scene, however, some of
these sounds have been emphasized to make them stand out to the audience. For example, the
movement of their guns in the wind, the match hitting the floor and the movement of their shirts to
reveal their guns.
As the gas station scene was filmed next to a busy motorway much of the background noise has been
cutout or the sound levels are reduced, although you can occasionally hear a vehicle driving past in
the background.

STAGING
The stage itself was divided into three levels:
 A main stage area with doors at the rear and a curtained
area at the back for "discovery scenes";
 An upper, canopied area called "heaven", for balcony
scenes; and
 An area under the stage called "hell," which could be
accessed through a trap door in the stage. There is no
curtain in the front of the stage, which meant that scenes
had to flow into each other, and "dead bodies" had to be
Dragged off. There are dressing rooms located behind the
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And the open plan theater allowed for the use of natural light. Since there could be no dramatic
lighting and there was art direction (scenery and props), audiences relied on the actors' lines,
dialogue, movements, and stage directions to tell the time of day and year, same as the location,
mood and weather.
Characters:
Montague’s Family: Capulet’s Family
Romeo — sole heir to the Montague fortune Juliet — sole heir to the Capulet fortune
Lord Montague — Romeo’s father Lord Capulet — Juliet’s father
Lady Montague — Romeo’s mother Lady Capulet — Juliet’s mother
Benvolio — Romeo’s cousin Tybalt — Juliet’s cousin
Balthasar — Romeo’s faithful servant The Nurse — Juliet’s faithful Nurse
Abraham — Montague servant Peter — Capulet servant
Sampson — Capulet servant Gregory — Capulet servant
 Western Classical Plays/Opera: Romantic
Georges Bizet was born on October 25, 1838 – died June 3,
1875, Paris. Bizet was the only child of Adolphe Armand Bizet
(formerly a hairdresser and later became a singer and
composer) and Aimee Marie Louise Leopardine Josephine
Delsarte, a pianist. He entered the Paris Conservatory of
Music a fortnight before his tenth birthday. His first symphony,
the Symphony in C Major, was written when he was
seventeen years old the symphony had an amazing stylistic
resemblance to the music of Franz Schubert.
This French composer was a pianist and best known for his
operas. Carmen is the most popular among his works. Bizet
composed the title role for a mezzo-soprano in the character
Georges Bizet of Carmen. The opera tells the story of the downfall of Don
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sizzling Gypsy, Carmen.
Some of his stage works
are:

 La prêtresse,  Les pêcheurs de  Noé, opera by

Operetta (1854), perles, Opera Fromental Halévy
 Le docteur (1863), finished by Bizet
Miracle,  Ivan IV, Grand (1869),
 Opéra Bouffe Opera  L’Arlésienne,
(1857), (unfinished), Musique de scène
 Don Procopio,  La jolie fille de (1872),
Opéra Bouffe Perth, Opera  Djamileh, One-act
(1859), (1867), opera (1872).
Carmen is an opera by Georges Bizet based on an 1845
novella by French dramatist Prosper Mérimée. The title
character, a wild Spanish gypsy, is unscrupulous in matters of
the law and of the heart.
The opening scene is set in the 1830s in Seville, Spain.
Carmen attracts everyone's attention, but soldier Don José
pretends not to notice her. The flirtatious Carmen throws him a
flower. He intends to throw it away, but hides it when his
girlfriend, Micaela, arrives. A knife fight breaks out between
Carmen and another woman, and José is ordered to arrest
Carmen. Thinking fast, Carmen seduces José and escapes,
which results in José's arrest for breach of duty.
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with Carmen, who rebuffs him because she is waiting
For José to be released from jail. When José arrives, Carmen rewards him with an erotic dance. As
he prepares to return to the barracks for the night, she taunts him, saying that if he really loved her,
he would run off with her. José protests and shows her that he has saved the flower she gave him
as a sign of true love. At that moment, Jose's lieutenant returns to arrest Carmen. The men fight
and are separated by Carmen's gang of smugglers. Because José has attacked a superior officer,
he has no choice but to run away with Carmen and the smugglers to the mountains.

Main Characters of Carmen

 Carmen (soprano)  Escamillo (baritone)  Mercedes
 Don Jose (tenor)  Frasquita (mezzo-  (mezzo- soprano)
 El Dancairo (baritone) soprano)  Micaela (soprano)
 Morales (bass)
 El Remendado (tenor)

ACTIVITY 2: ANSWER ME!

Directions:Choose the letter of the correct answer for each questions, encircle the correct answer.

1. Who wrote the wonderful opera Carmen ?

A. Bizet C. Gizet
B. Dizet D.Abzet

2. In what country does Carmen takes place.

A. Austria C. France
B. Spain D. Italy

3. What people does Carmen belong to?

A. Basques C. Spanish
B. Gypsies D. French

4. Shakespeare retired at the age

of? A. 41 C. 44
B. 43 D. 47

5. In what century was William Shakespeare active as a playwright?

A. 15th century C. 17th century
B. 16th century D. Both b & c

6. The period of Shakespeare’s life put him firmly in the middle of which musical era?
A. medieval C. Renaissance
B. Baroque D. Romantic

7. What kind of characters generally sing in Shakespeare’s plays?

A. King & Queens C. Servants,clowns,fools,and other minor charcters with low status
B. Fairies D. nobleman

8. Who is Creon’s wife on the story of Oedipus Rex?

A. Haemon C. Eurydice
B. Jacosta D. Apollo
 9. Who is not the daughter of Oedipus?
A. Antigone C. Haemon
B. Esmene D. None of the above
V. 10. Who
What’s
are the sons of Oedipus?
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A. Polynices & Eteocles & Creon
the above

Activity 2: DRESS ME UP AND MAKE A STORY!

Directions: Inspired to our Greek Plays.

STEP 1: Make your own doll using a hard paper, cardboard, folder, or other indigenous
materials. STEP 2: Cut some colored papers carton or the indigenous materials to dress up
your own masterpiece.
STEP 3: In a pad paper create a short story, and relate it to our society today.
STEP 4: Insert some sound effects base on the events in your story line.

On a faraway kingdom, there is a princess who loves to go around. Every morning, she goes to the forest becaus

In reference to Arts 9 Learning Activity Sheet Module 2

DepEd (April 7 2014). Music and arts Grade9 “A Journey to Western Music and ARTS”
Music and Art Grade 9 (Teacher’s Guide for Music and Arts)
 Tell something on how your created story relate to us and give some ideas on how the society
today becomes better during this Pandemic situation. (Write it on a separate sheet of paper.)
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