Fall 2019  |  MUS 8183 Section 001: Opera History in Context: Verdi and Britten (33985)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
Department Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Tue 11:15AM - 12:10PM
UMTC, West Bank
Ferguson Hall 99
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Thu 11:15AM - 01:10PM
UMTC, West Bank
Ferguson Hall 99
Enrollment Status:
Open (6 of 15 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Development of opera in context of other artistic, social, cultural, and political events, movements, and changes. Focuses on two representative composers and some of their significant operas. prereq: Grad student in music or instr consent
Class Description:
Opera History examines the development of Opera in the context of other artistic, social, cultural, and political events, movements and changes in the 19th and 20th century. The course will focus on two representative composers and their works: Giuseppe Verdi (La Traviata, Don Carlos, Aida, Otello, and Falstaff) and Benjamin Britten ( Peter Grimes, Turn of the Screw, A Midsummer Nights Dream, The Church Parables and Death in Venice). This is not a survey course focusing on dates and names but rather an in-depth, musico-dramatic examination of the works of these composers and the forces which shaped their composition. One third of class time will be spent studying recordings and videos/DVDs representing contrasting approaches to the performance and staging of these works. All of these works are available in the Music Library and portions of them will be made available to registered students online during the semester. Students will be evaluated on the basis of two written assignments (1500 word papers), one 20-minute oral presentation, and one short take-home test, as well as in-class participation.Students will be expected, as part of their workload, to research specific operas; listen to and analyse different performance styles; and to view video/DVD recordings in order to understand different production approaches to the respective works. This out-of-class research should amount to a minimum of three hours per week.
Class Format:
50% Lecture
30% Film/Video
15% Discussion
5% Student Presentations
Workload:
1 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33985/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 August 2011

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