Introduction to Italian Opera
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Introduction to Italian Opera at Coursera Overview
Duration | 33 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
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Credential | Certificate |
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Introduction to Italian Opera at Coursera Course details
- This course gives us an introduction to Italian Opera right from its very beginning in Florence, Italy
- You will understand how Mozart's opera is the midpoint of opera. It explores how music tells the audience about the characters' thoughts through musical gestures
- It also sheds light on the importance of close listening to understand opera thoroughly
Introduction to Italian Opera at Coursera Curriculum
Act I, Scene 1 (Week 1) - Mozart and Close Listening
Welcome from Prof. Steve Swayne
Video - Figaro, Acts I and II
Video: Moment - Cinque
Video: Moment - Se a caso
Video: Moment - Se vuol ballare
Video: Moment - Chain Finale, Act II
Video: More on Mozart and Wrap-up
Overview
Coursera Code of Conduct
Coursera Honor Code
Discussion Tips and Guide
Accessing the operas
Why this Piece?
Watch Figaro, Acts I and II
Directions: Word Cloud - Act II Finale
More on Mozart and Wrap-up
Acts I and II
Wk 1 - Cinque - Self-Check
Practice: Close Listening and Mozart
Opera Learning Reflection - Week 1
Watch Figaro, Acts I and II
Discussion - Introduce Yourself
Discussion: Week 1 - General
Discussion - Previous Opera Experiences
Discussion - Figaro, Acts I and II
Discussion - Minuet and Contredanse Examples
Discussion - Strategies for Close Listening
Discussion Week 1 - Opera Tuning Activity
Discussion Week 1 - Opera Learning Reflection
Act I, Scene 2 (Week 2) - Italian opera before Mozart
Video: Looking at the past
Video: Monteverdi's Orfeo
Video: Castrati
Video: Opera seria
Video: Da capo aria
Video: Opera buffa
Video: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Early Opera Summary
Act I, Scene 2 (Week 2) - Italian Opera Before Mozart
Word Cloud: Castrati
Castrati
Opera seria
Opera buffa
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Opera Learning Reflection - Week 2
Act I, Scene 2 (Week 2) - Italian opera before Mozart
Discussion: General
Discussion - Looking at the past
Discussion - Handel and Opera seria
Discussion - Opera buffa and Opera seria
Discussion - Che faro senza Euridice
Discussion - Revisiting Our Metaphor
Discussion Week 2 - Opera Tuning Activity
Discussion- Opera Learning Reflection
Act I, Scene 3 (Week 3) - Conventions in Italian opera
Filters as metaphor
Video: Conventions in Italian opera
Video: Overture
Video: Aria
Video: Creators
Video: Cantabile-Cabaletta
Video: Narrative
Video: Other conventions
Video: Finales
Video: Choruses
Video: Interludes
Video: Summary
Act I, Scene 3 (Week 3) - Conventions in Italian opera
Early 19th-Century Structures for Arias and Ensambles
Opera Learning Reflection - Week 3
Act I, Scene 3 (Week 3) - Conventions in Italian opera
Discussion: Week 3 - General
Week 3 Discussion - Conventions in your experiences
Week 3 - Discussion - Overture
Week 3 - Discussion - Aria
Week 3 - Discussion - Aria and Narrative Moments
Week 3 - Opera tuning activity
Week 3 - Opera Learning Reflection
Act II, Scene 1 (Week 4) - The bel canto era
Overview
Musical Moment - Una voce poco fa
Video: Individual Adventures
Overview
Opera Learning Reflection - Week 4
Act II, Scene 1 (Week 4) - The bel canto era
Discussion: Week 4 - General
Week 4 Discussion - Opera - Il barbiere di Siviglia
Week 4 Discussion - Opera - Norma
Week 4 Discussion - Opera - I Puritani
Week 4 Discussion - Opera - L’elisir d’amore
Week 4 Discussion - Opera - Lucia di Lammermoor
Week 4 Discussion - Opera - La Cenerentola
Week 4 Discussion - other bel canto operas
Week 4 - Opera Learning Reflection
Act II, Scene 2 (Week 5) - Verdi
Video: Verdi - An Introduction
Video: Sempre Libera
Video: Individual Adventures
Overview
Opera Individual Adventure - Week 5
Opera Learning Reflection - Week 5
Act II, Scene 2 (Week 5) - Verdi
Discussion: Week 5 - General
Week 5 Discussion: Opera - Nabucco
Week 5 Discussion: Opera - La Traviata
Week 5 Discussion - Opera - Il Trovatore
Week 5 Discussion: Opera - Rigoletto
Week 5 Discussion: Opera - Aida
Week 5 Discussion: Opera - Falstaff
Week 5 Discussion: Opera - Otello
Week 5 Opera: Other Verdi operas
Week 5 - Opera Learning Reflection
Act II, Scene 3 (Week 6) - Puccini and his contemporaries
Video: Introduction
Video: Getting to Puccini
Video: Puccini and Beyond
Video: Course Finale
Overview
Handout: La giovane scuola
Individual Adventure
Video Description: Course Finale
Opera Learning Reflection - Week 6
Week 6 Operas - Pagliacci & Cavalleria Rusticana
Week 6 Opera - Adriana LeCouvreur
Week 6 Opera - Andrea Chenier
Week 6 Opera - La Boheme
Week 6 Opera - Tosca
Week 6 Opera - Madama Butterfly
Week 6 Opera - Turandot
Week 6 - Other operas from Puccini and his contemporaries
Week 6 - Opera learning reflection
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