Opera Courses Archive

Each fall, since 1984, Iain has offered survey-introduction courses on opera. This year, they are "Opera 101 -- Italian Opera" and "Opera 102 -- Other forms of Opera". In addition, each winter since 1986, he has offered the following insight courses:

2007
Dueling Divas -- Greatest Sopranos
4 weeks
2006
Verdi's Fathers and Daughters (and sons)
3 weeks
2006
Opera's 10 Deadly Sins
4 weeks
2006
In Quest of the Dons of Spain
4 weeks
2006
French & German Opera
4 weeks
2005
Mozart, the greatest opera composer
4 weeks
2005
Eight operas from Shakespeare
4 weeks
2005
Virgil and Verdi
4 weeks
2005
The Art of Bel Canto
4 weeks
2005
Insights into Upcoming Operas
4 weeks
2004
The ten top Tenors
4 weeks
2004
Myths & Legends in Opera
4 weeks
2004
Wagner before "The Ring"
5 weeks
2004
Insights into Great Arias
7 weeks
2004
Great Opera Composers
5 weeks
2003
Understanding Operatic Voices
5 weeks
2003
Strauss' Sopranos and Mezzos
5 weeks
2003
Mozart's Mezzos and Sopranos
4 weeks
2002
The Ten Greatest Arias of all time
10 weeks
2001
Wagner's Top Ten Music-dramas
10 weeks
2000
Verdi on video
10 weeks
1999
Ten more Great Operas
10 weeks
1998
Myths and Legends in Opera
10 weeks
1997
The Ten Greatest Operas of all time
10 weeks
1996
Der Ring des Nibelungen
13 weeks
1995
Three early operas by Wagner
10 weeks
1994
Voices - matching fachs with roles
10 weeks
1993
Wagner's Three Greatest Music Dramas
10 weeks
1992
(no course offered)
0 weeks
1991
The Golden Century of Italian Opera
10 weeks
1990
The Opera Houses of Central Europe
10 weeks
1989
Ten weeks of Tenors
10 weeks
1988
Sex, Sin and Strauss
10 weeks
1987
Mozart's Magnificent Operas
10 weeks
1986
Verdi - an operatic genius
10 weeks