How to listen to and understand opera [videorecording].
Greenberg, Robert, 1954-; Teaching Company.
1997
ML1700.1 .G74 1997
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Title How to listen to and understand opera [videorecording].
Author Greenberg, Robert, 1954-
ISBN 1565855841
9781565855847
Publication Details Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c1997.
Language English
Description 8 videodiscs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guidebook (iv, 262 p. ; 19 cm.)
Call Number ML1700.1 .G74 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification 782.1
Distributor No. 740 Teaching Company
Summary Robert Greenberg, professor at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, presents 32 lectures on opera, explaining the history and exploring 8 particular operas in detail.
Note Robert Greenberg, lecturer.
System Details Note DVD.
Added Corporate Author Teaching Company.
Holdings Suppl.
Series Great courses (DVD)
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > DVDs
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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.

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