Syllabus
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10:30am-12:00pm
via Zoom until further notice |
Sept 21 Fire Shut Up In My Bones - The columnist, the book, the composer, and the cultural politics of 21st century opera.
Sept 28 The Original Boris - The Met has promised Mussorgsky’s original for the first time. What does that even mean? Plus: the cultural politics of 19th century opera.
Oct 5, 12 and 19 Die Meistersinger in Depth - Since this approach proved so rewarding for our deep dive into Wagner’s Ring cycle, we will go through the composer’s most uplifting opera in the same way, act by act - storytelling, musical highlights, analysis, and samples of the great interpreters.
Oct 5: Act One
Oct 12: Act Two
Oct 19: Act Three
*** 10/26 and 11/2 no class ***
Nov 9 Why Russia? - With practically no tradition or old masters to build on, Russia in the late 1800s claimed a musical status to rival Italy, France, and Germany, which had been working on it for several centuries.
Nov 16 Eurydice - Tuesday Morning members will recall Matt Aucoin from a pair of visits he made some years back as a young pianist and aspiring composer. Now his opera is arriving at the Met (premiere Nov. 23).
*** 11/23 no class ***
Nov 30 Holiday Special - A festive romp through the ten best operas for children (and grandchildren).
Sept 28 The Original Boris - The Met has promised Mussorgsky’s original for the first time. What does that even mean? Plus: the cultural politics of 19th century opera.
Oct 5, 12 and 19 Die Meistersinger in Depth - Since this approach proved so rewarding for our deep dive into Wagner’s Ring cycle, we will go through the composer’s most uplifting opera in the same way, act by act - storytelling, musical highlights, analysis, and samples of the great interpreters.
Oct 5: Act One
Oct 12: Act Two
Oct 19: Act Three
*** 10/26 and 11/2 no class ***
Nov 9 Why Russia? - With practically no tradition or old masters to build on, Russia in the late 1800s claimed a musical status to rival Italy, France, and Germany, which had been working on it for several centuries.
Nov 16 Eurydice - Tuesday Morning members will recall Matt Aucoin from a pair of visits he made some years back as a young pianist and aspiring composer. Now his opera is arriving at the Met (premiere Nov. 23).
*** 11/23 no class ***
Nov 30 Holiday Special - A festive romp through the ten best operas for children (and grandchildren).