Skills you'll gain

There are 7 modules in this course

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.

Act I, Scene 2 (Week 2) - Italian opera before Mozart

Act I, Scene 3 (Week 3) - Conventions in Italian opera

Act II, Scene 1 (Week 4) - The bel canto era

Act II, Scene 2 (Week 5) - Verdi

Act II, Scene 3 (Week 6) - Puccini and his contemporaries

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