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Author Greenberg, Robert, 1954-

Title How to listen to and understand opera / Robert Greenberg.

Publication Info. Springfield, VA : Teaching Co., [2001]
©2001

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  GREAT COURSES 782.1 GREENBERG  V. 1    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  GREAT COURSES 782.1 GREENBERG  V. 2    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  GREAT COURSES 782.1 GREENBERG  V. 3    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  GREAT COURSES 782.1 GREENBERG  V. 4    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  LECTURE SERIES 782.1 GRE  PT.1 8 CDS    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  Lecture Series782.1 GRE  PT.4 8 CDS    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  Lecture Series 782.1 GRE  BOOK    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  LECTURE SERIES 782.1 GRE  PT.2 8 CDS    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  LECTURE SERIES 782.1 GRE  PT.3 8 CDS    Check Shelf
Description 32 audio discs (approximately 1440 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 4 course guidebooks (22 cm.).
Series The great courses
Great courses (Compact disc)
Performer Lecturer: Robert Greenberg.
Note Compact discs.
In 4 containers.
Summary The history of opera is traced from its beginning in the early 17th century to around 1924. The lectures examine landmark operas; musical, cultural, and social developments that influenced opera's growth; and the influence of national languages and cultures on opera.
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.
Note GMD: sound recording.
Subject Opera.
Vocal music -- History and criticism.
Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643. Orfeo.
Added Author Teaching Company.
ISBN 156585375X: $359.95
Music No. 740 Teaching Company
741--744 Teaching Company
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