Opera during the Napoleon III Second Empire Era
Opera was a musical form during the Napoleon III second empire era and the nineteenth century. Verdi and Wagner were artists during that period and they composed and performed different operas.
Similarities and Differences in Concepts and Approaches
They had similarity and differences in the concepts and approaches to opera. One of the similarities is that both Verdi and Wagner, in the operas they composed, revealed practical things. Their message was to help the audience understand the importance of accepting a situation one is going through and developing strategies to face it.
Comparing Verdi and Wagner
Comparing the two artists, Wagner’s opera artistic had a greater influence compared to Verdi. For instance, the Der Ring des Nibelungen extended to different parts of the world like Europe, France, Austria, and Spain all through the top United States. On the other hand, it is only in Italy where the audience was much influenced by the musical art of Verdi.
Wagner changed the opera concept by creating the music drama. This enhanced the inclusion of music and theater or literature at the same time. The music drama operas' main topics were connected to an event, character, or idea. By contrast, Verdi's opera approach was only based on European traditionalism, but Italian bel canto influenced his voice usage.
Comparing the two, Wagner was more complex than Verdi. Wagner was interested in Germany's opera art as he thought that building the festival drama house would help him unite the country politically and culturally. The Italian nature of opera and art was important to Verdi. He also liked to one day unify his motherland.
