LET’S LEARN ITALIAN!!! Music and Arts GIUSEPPE VERDI • • • • Romantic composer = compositore romantico Musician = musicista Busseto and Milan = Busseto e Milano Work = opera (in the sense of music composition) • Wife = moglie • Lover = amante GIUSEPPE VERDI: TRAVIATA • • • • • • • 3 Acts = tre atti Music = musica Libretto = libretto Novel = romanzo Characters = personaggi Courtesan = cortigiano/a (m/f) Gentleman = gentiluomo Dante Alighieri was a…. Poeta Poet Scrittore Writer Pensatore politico Filosofo Political thinker Philosopher Vocabulary • • • • • • • • Canto song Genere letterario Opera work Trattato book Prosa prose Poema poem Verso verse Dialetto dialect literary genre Gloria G,Ilenia N,Francesca F,Michela L,Anaa V,Alice B