OPERA IS - LEARNING
FIVE OPERAS OF BENJAMIN BRITTEN
One week: Monday 18th to
Friday 22nd July, 2011
3:00 to 5:00 p.m. each day
$250
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What you will learn in this course:
Benjamin Britten's operas created a new style of English opera.
Not since the operas of Handel did operatic audiences hear such innovation and creativity in operatic scoring.
Britten was a master of poetic text painting, or the illustration of words in a libretto through music.
Britten was a homosexual, a difficult role in post-war England, and his themes are often those of spoiled innocence and the role of the outcast.
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Monday, 18th July
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PETER GRIMES
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Tuesday, 19th July
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BILLY BUDD
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Wednesday, 20th July
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THE TURN OF THE SCREW
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Thursday, 21st July
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ALBERT HERRING
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Friday, 22nd July
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DEATH IN VENICE
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This course will be given in association with Ann Kirkland's Classical Pursuits
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