1. THE ORIGINS OF OPERA

Monteverdi, Lully

2. THE BAROQUE PERIOD

Gluck, Bach

The Orchestra

Counterpoint

3. THE REBELS

Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini

Paving the Way

4. THE GRAND OPERA PERIOD

Meyerbeer, Donizetti

Opera as Theatre

Verdi

Wagner

5. THE ROMANTICS

Attention to Detail

Bizet, Tchaikovsky


6. THE VERISMO PERIOD

Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Puccini

 7. OPERA TODAY



Excerpts from the following operas are played during this course:

The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
The Elexir of Love (Donizetti)
Rigoletto (Verdi)
Traviata (Verdi)
Aida (Verdi)
The Flying Dutchman (Wagner)
Lohengrin (Wagner)
Siegfried (Wagner)
Carmen (Bizet)
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
La Boheme (Puccini)
Tosca (Puccini)