How to listen to and understand opera [sound recording] / Robert Greenberg.

Title:

ISBN:

9781565853751

Personal Author:

Greenberg, Robert, 1954-

Publication Information:

Springfield, VA : Teaching Co., [2001]

Physical Description:

32 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

"Great courses. Fine arts & music. Music appreciation."

32 lectures and 45 minutes per lecture.

Compact discs.

Contents:

pt. 1: lecture 1-2. Introduction and words and music -- lecture 3-4. A brief history of vocal expression in music -- lecture 5-8. The invention of opera and Monteverdi's Orfeo -- pt. 2: lecture 9-12. The growth of opera, the development of Italian opera seria, and Mozart's Idomeneo -- lecture 13-16. The rise of opera buffa and Mozart's the Marriage of Figaro -- lecture 17-18. The bel canto style and Rossini's the Barber of Seville -- lecture 19-22. Verdi and Otello -- lecture 23-24. French opera -- pt. 4: lecture 25. German opera comes of age -- lecture 26-27. Richard Wagner and Tristan und Isolde -- lecture 28. Late Romantic German opera: Richard Strauss and Salome -- lecture 29-30. Russian opera -- lecture 31-32. Verismo, Puccini, and Tosca.

Summary:

The history of opera is traced from its beginning in the early 17th century to around 1924. Examines landmark operas; musical, cultural, and social developments that influenced opera's growth; and the influence of national languages and cultures on opera.

Personal Subject:

Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643. Orfeo

Subject Term:

Opera

Vocal music -- History and criticism

Genre:

Audiobooks

Added Corporate Author:

Teaching Company

Series Title:

Great courses (Compact disc)

Series Sequence: