OPERA 102
OTHER FORMS OF OPERA
Course at the RCYC City Clubhouse
3 Tuesdays afternoons or evenings
2:30 - 4:30 p.m. or 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
January 19th, 26th & February 9th, 2010
$150
Registration now closed
What you will learn in this course:
For a full appreciation of the basics of opera, it is necessary to journey beyond Italian opera and to understand the principles underlying German, French and Russian Opera.
Why did German opera put the emphasis on (a) the orchestra and (b) the meaning of the text?
Why have the French always insisted on distinctness? How did the values of the French monarchy shape their national style? [Some background context for this class may be obtained by scanning this article.]
Why did Russian Opera not fully emerge until the fourth quarter of the nineteenth century? Why did it have two forms "eastward-looking" and "westward-looking"? [Some background context for this class may be obtained by scanning this article.]
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January 19th
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German Opera -- orchestra and meaning
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January 26th
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French Opera -- spectacle and ballet
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February 2nd
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no class (my mother's 90th birthday!)
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February 9th
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Russian Opera -- east and west
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