OPERA IS - LEARNING

OPERA 102 - OTHER FORMS

LEARN how to listen to
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.

October 19th, 26th & November 2nd, 2010
$150

Registration for this course is 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.]