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Repertoire Studies (493-0-1)

Topic

Opera Repertoire

Instructors

Roger Golden Pines

Meeting Info

Regenstein Hall of Music MCR: Mon 9:00AM - 10:50AM

Overview of class

The aim of the second half of the Opera Repertoire course is to continue to expand the class's awareness of vocal style in major areas of the repertoire, augmented what has already been covered in Fall Quarter. The class sessions will be divided between lecture, discussion, performance, and coaching elements.

Registration Requirements

Graduate students

Learning Objectives

The student will be expected to be conversant with differences in style that color the operas of all the composers studied in the course, and the vocal requirements needed for a singer to succeed in each of these areas of operatic repertoire, whether German Romantic, French, Russian, Puccini, verismo, Richard Strauss, British, or Classic American musical theater.

Teaching Method

The instructional design is lecture/discussion in the first hour, covering one of the above-mentioned areas of repertoire, followed in the second hour by a maximum of in-class coachings, with each singer performing an aria by one of the composers covered in the first hour.

Evaluation Method

1) Attendance; participation in class discussions; 2) preparation and overall performance - including spoken introduction -- of the two arias coached in class; 3) preparation and overall performance - including spoken introduction - of the aria assigned for the final; 4) written assignment - a comparison/contrast of 3-4 interpretations of the same aria or duet.

Class Materials (Required)

Only materials required are PDFs of any aria the student performs in class, which must be submitted to the instructor and the pianist a week ahead of the performance.