How to Listen to and Understand Opera
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How to Listen to and Understand Opera

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For more than 400 years, opera has been one of the most popular performing arts. Professor Robert Greenberg can show you how you can learn to understand, appreciate, and even love opera in just 32 lectures. With this course, you will understand how opera is a unique marriage of words and music in which the whole is far greater than its parts.
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  1. Σ1 Ε1Introduction and Words and Music, I

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    45 λεπτά
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    In the first two lectures we develop a methodology for listening to and understanding opera. We are introduced to the concept of opera as a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts in its combination of soliloquy, dialogue, scenery, action, and continuous music. We see how music can evoke what words cannot express; the composer is the dramatist.
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  2. Σ1 Ε2Introduction and Words and Music, II

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    45 λεπτά
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    In the first two lectures we develop a methodology for listening to and understanding opera. We are introduced to the concept of opera as a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts in its combination of soliloquy, dialogue, scenery, action, and continuous music. We see how music can evoke what words cannot express; the composer is the dramatist.
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  3. Σ1 Ε3A Brief History of Vocal Expression in Music, I

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    44 λεπτά
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    Throughout the history of European music, style and form have changed constantly. Beginning in ancient Greece, we trace the history of vocal music through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. We focus on the rise of popular secular music in a world hitherto dominated by the music of the Roman Catholic Church.
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  4. Σ1 Ε4A Brief History of Vocal Expression in Music, II

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    47 λεπτά
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    Throughout the history of European music, style and form have changed constantly. Beginning in ancient Greece, we trace the history of vocal music through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. We focus on the rise of popular secular music in a world hitherto dominated by the music of the Roman Catholic Church.
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  5. Σ1 Ε5Invention of Opera and Monteverdi's Orfeo, I

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    46 λεπτά
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    In Lectures 5 through 8 we review the Greek idea of music as it related to music of the Renaissance. We see the evolution of intermezzo as a precursor to the first real opera. We look at the role of the Florentine Camerata in the development of opera, and we examine in depth the first real opera, Monteverdi's Orfeo of 1607.
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  6. Σ1 Ε6Invention of Opera and Monteverdi's Orfeo, II

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    45 λεπτά
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    In Lectures 5 through 8 we review the Greek idea of music as it related to music of the Renaissance. We see the evolution of intermezzo as a precursor to the first real opera. We look at the role of the Florentine Camerata in the development of opera, and we examine in depth the first real opera, Monteverdi's Orfeo of 1607.
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  7. Σ1 Ε7Invention of Opera and Monteverdi's Orfeo, III

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    45 λεπτά
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    In Lectures 5 through 8 we review the Greek idea of music as it related to music of the Renaissance. We see the evolution of intermezzo as a precursor to the first real opera. We look at the role of the Florentine Camerata in the development of opera, and we examine in depth the first real opera, Monteverdi's Orfeo of 1607.
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  8. Σ1 Ε8Invention of Opera and Monteverdi's Orfeo, IV

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    47 λεπτά
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    In Lectures 5 through 8 we review the Greek idea of music as it related to music of the Renaissance. We see the evolution of intermezzo as a precursor to the first real opera. We look at the role of the Florentine Camerata in the development of opera, and we examine in depth the first real opera, Monteverdi's Orfeo of 1607.
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  9. Σ1 Ε9The Growth of Opera, the Development of Italian Opera Seria, and Mozart's Idomeneo, I

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    45 λεπτά
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    Lectures 9 through 12 review the main features of early opera and trace its growth from the early 17th century up to Mozart's Idomeneo of 1781. As opera became a public entertainment, its literary and dramatic substance deteriorated. We learn how the formulaic rigidity of opera seria led to vocal abuses, and how a new wave of reform created a model for the next generation of opera composers.
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  10. Σ1 Ε10The Growth of Opera, the Development of Italian Opera Seria, and Mozart's Idomeneo, II

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    45 λεπτά
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    Lectures 9 through 12 review the main features of early opera and trace its growth from the early 17th century up to Mozart's Idomeneo of 1781. As opera became a public entertainment, its literary and dramatic substance deteriorated. We learn how the formulaic rigidity of opera seria led to vocal abuses, and how a new wave of reform created a model for the next generation of opera composers.
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  11. Σ1 Ε11The Growth of Opera, the Development of Italian Opera Seria, and Mozart's Idomeneo, III

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    46 λεπτά
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    Lectures 9 through 12 review the main features of early opera and trace its growth from the early 17th century up to Mozart's Idomeneo of 1781. As opera became a public entertainment, its literary and dramatic substance deteriorated. We learn how the formulaic rigidity of opera seria led to vocal abuses, and how a new wave of reform created a model for the next generation of opera composers.
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  12. Σ1 Ε12The Growth of Opera, the Development of Italian Opera Seria, and Mozart's Idomeneo, IV

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    46 λεπτά
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    Lectures 9 through 12 review the main features of early opera and trace its growth from the early 17th century up to Mozart's Idomeneo of 1781. As opera became a public entertainment, its literary and dramatic substance deteriorated. We learn how the formulaic rigidity of opera seria led to vocal abuses, and how a new wave of reform created a model for the next generation of opera composers.
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  13. Σ1 Ε13The Rise of Opera Buffa and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, I

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    46 λεπτά
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    We see how comic opera, with its roots in popular folklore, developed separately from the opera seria of the aristocracy. We learn how the more accessible, populist opera buffa was championed by Enlightenment progressives. Opera buffa character types and conventions are discussed, and one of the greatest examples of opera buffa, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (1786), is examined.
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  14. Σ1 Ε14The Rise of Opera Buffa and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, II

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    44 λεπτά
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    We see how comic opera, with its roots in popular folklore, developed separately from the opera seria of the aristocracy. We learn how the more accessible, populist opera buffa was championed by Enlightenment progressives. Opera buffa character types and conventions are discussed, and one of the greatest examples of opera buffa, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (1786), is examined.
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  15. Σ1 Ε15The Rise of Opera Buffa and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, III

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    46 λεπτά
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    We see how comic opera, with its roots in popular folklore, developed separately from the opera seria of the aristocracy. We learn how the more accessible, populist opera buffa was championed by Enlightenment progressives. Opera buffa character types and conventions are discussed, and one of the greatest examples of opera buffa, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (1786), is examined.
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  16. Σ1 Ε16The Rise of Opera Buffa and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, IV

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    47 λεπτά
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    We see how comic opera, with its roots in popular folklore, developed separately from the opera seria of the aristocracy. We learn how the more accessible, populist opera buffa was championed by Enlightenment progressives. Opera buffa character types and conventions are discussed, and one of the greatest examples of opera buffa, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (1786), is examined.
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  17. Σ1 Ε17The Bel Canto Style and Rossini's The Barber of Seville, I

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    46 λεπτά
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    Bel canto operas are based on comic, predictable plots and one-dimensional characters to indulge the contemporary Italian taste for pure entertainment. Our frame of reference is the landmark bel canto opera, The Barber of Seville, by the most important Italian composer of bel canto operas, Gioacchino Rossini.
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  18. Σ1 Ε18The Bel Canto Style and Rossini's The Barber of Seville, II

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    48 λεπτά
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    Bel canto operas are based on comic, predictable plots and one-dimensional characters to indulge the contemporary Italian taste for pure entertainment. Our frame of reference is the landmark bel canto opera, The Barber of Seville, by the most important Italian composer of bel canto operas, Gioacchino Rossini.
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  19. Σ1 Ε19Verdi and Otello, I

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    46 λεπτά
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    The Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi and opera seria are the focus of Lectures 19 through 22. We learn how Verdi dominated the operatic scene in Italy for more than half a century by the power of his beautiful melodies and his focus on human emotions and psychological insight. Verdi's style is discussed with references to Rigoletto, La Traviata, and Otello.
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  20. Σ1 Ε20Verdi and Otello, II

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    46 λεπτά
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    The Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi and opera seria are the focus of Lectures 19 through 22. We learn how Verdi dominated the operatic scene in Italy for more than half a century by the power of his beautiful melodies and his focus on human emotions and psychological insight. Verdi's style is discussed with references to Rigoletto, La Traviata, and Otello.
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  21. Σ1 Ε21Verdi and Otello, III

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    46 λεπτά
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    The Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi and opera seria are the focus of Lectures 19 through 22. We learn how Verdi dominated the operatic scene in Italy for more than half a century by the power of his beautiful melodies and his focus on human emotions and psychological insight. Verdi's style is discussed with references to Rigoletto, La Traviata, and Otello.
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  22. Σ1 Ε22Verdi and Otello, IV

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    45 λεπτά
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    The Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi and opera seria are the focus of Lectures 19 through 22. We learn how Verdi dominated the operatic scene in Italy for more than half a century by the power of his beautiful melodies and his focus on human emotions and psychological insight. Verdi's style is discussed with references to Rigoletto, La Traviata, and Otello.
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  23. Σ1 Ε23French Opera, I

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    45 λεπτά
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    In Lectures 23 and 24 we give an overview of the evolution of a distinctly French style; explain why and how French opera is different from Italian opera; and emphasize that operatic content, both musical and dramatic, is most often a function of the language, politics, and economic class of its consumers. French opera composers discussed include Jean-Baptiste Lully and Georges Bizet.
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  24. Σ1 Ε24French Opera, II

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    46 λεπτά
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    In Lectures 23 and 24 we give an overview of the evolution of a distinctly French style; explain why and how French opera is different from Italian opera; and emphasize that operatic content, both musical and dramatic, is most often a function of the language, politics, and economic class of its consumers. French opera composers discussed include Jean-Baptiste Lully and Georges Bizet.
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  25. Σ1 Ε25German Opera Comes of Age

    31 Οκτωβρίου 2023
    48 λεπτά
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    In this lecture we learn how German opera owed its evolution to German folklore and the requirements of the German language. We see how it came into being with Mozart's The Magic Flute of 1791, and how it was indebted to the traditional German entertainment of singspiel. Weber's Der Freishütz is examined as the work that established 19th-century German opera.
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