Fall 2024 Music GU4108 section 001

Critical Approaches to Opera Studies

Critical Approaches to Op

Call Number 10081
Day & Time
Location
R 4:10pm-6:00pm
620 Dodge Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Julia Doe
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Why opera now? In what ways can a 400-year-old art form speak to the needs of contemporary society? This seminar provides an introduction to critical opera studies: we will analyze a broad range of lyric repertory (spanning from Monteverdi to Saariaho) while interrogating the debates these works have generated, both historically and in the present day. Topics to be considered include: operatic institutions and conventions; gender and voice; theories of “text” and liveness; modernist staging; the troubling legacies of Empire and exoticism; and the intersections of opera and multimedia (opera on/as film, opera in HD, site-specific opera). Wherever possible, this course will incorporate live performance in New York, engaging the Metropolitan Opera as well as institutions for “indie” opera and new music. While completion of Music Humanities is a suggested pre-requisite, this class welcomes interdisciplinary perspectives. Individual assignments may be tailored to accommodate student interests and backgrounds outside of the field of music.

Web Site Vergil
Department Music
Enrollment 13 students (15 max) as of 10:07AM Friday, December 13, 2024
Subject Music
Number GU4108
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Section key 20243MUSI4108W001