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How to Listen to and Understand Opera

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Overview

Discover the great beauty and high artistic achievement of opera with this brilliant course by acclaimed musicologist Robert Greenberg.

Topics Covered:
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  • 01: Introduction and Words and Music, I
  • 02: Introduction and Words and Music, II
  • 03: A Brief History of Vocal Expression in Music, I
  • 04: A Brief History of Vocal Expression in Music, II
  • 05: Invention of Opera and Monteverdi's Orfeo, I
  • 06: Invention of Opera and Monteverdi's Orfeo, II
  • 07: Invention of Opera and Monteverdi's Orfeo, III
  • 08: Invention of Opera and Monteverdi's Orfeo, IV
  • 09: The Growth of Opera, the Development of Italian Opera Seria, and Mozart's Idomeneo, I
  • 10: The Growth of Opera, the Development of Italian Opera Seria, and Mozart's Idomeneo, II
  • 11: The Growth of Opera, the Development of Italian Opera Seria, and Mozart's Idomeneo, III
  • 12: The Growth of Opera, the Development of Italian Opera Seria, and Mozart's Idomeneo, IV
  • 13: The Rise of Opera Buffa and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, I
  • 14: The Rise of Opera Buffa and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, II
  • 15: The Rise of Opera Buffa and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, III
  • 16: The Rise of Opera Buffa and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, IV
  • 17: The Bel Canto Style and Rossini's The Barber of Seville, I
  • 18: The Bel Canto Style and Rossini's The Barber of Seville, II
  • 19: Verdi and Otello, I
  • 20: Verdi and Otello, II
  • 21: Verdi and Otello, III
  • 22: Verdi and Otello, IV
  • 23: French Opera, I
  • 24: French Opera, II
  • 25: German Opera Comes of Age
  • 26: Richard Wagner and Tristan und Isolde, I
  • 27: Richard Wagner and Tristan und Isolde, II
  • 28: Late Romantic German Opera-Richard Strauss and Salome
  • 29: Russian Opera, I
  • 30: Russian Opera, II
  • 31: Verismo, Puccini, and Tosca, I

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