Abstract

The collective character is a concept rising from the ancient Greek tragedy The opera genre offers a wealth of examples of how to capitalize the choral ensemble because it was widely used in different forms male chorus female chorus children chorus mixed chorus double chorus Way of expressing consequent to opera seria from which develop later the lyrical tragedy and historical opera the choir is a fundamental category in the musical and dramatic text Its verbal contribution can bring about a lyrical or epical connotation or can bear dramatic function