VERISMO
THE FINAL FLOWERING
AND DEATH OF ITALIAN OPERA

Course at the RCYC City Clubhouse
4 Tuesdays afternoons or evenings
2:30 - 4:30 p.m. or 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Nov 17th - Dec 8th, 2009
$200

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What you will learn in this course:

How the literary and operatic movement stressing "reality" was a reaction against the mythology of Wagner and the heroic patriotism of Verdi.

Why a new technique of singing had to be developed for these turn-of-the-century operas.

Why Italian opera essentially died out after Puccini's "Turandot" in 1921.