Essential Opera: Opera Exotica Course Website

 

Instructor

Ross Crolius
Email: songfellows4@aol.com

 

Cohost

Clare Durst
Email: briegull@gmail.com

 

 

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SYNOPSIS

SESSION 1
SESSION 2
SESSION 3
SESSION 4

 

For your consideration, I’ve listed below a couple of contrasting productions of our next opera, Rossin’s l’Italiana in Algeri. Unfortunately, there are no full l’Italiana video recordings with English subtitles, currently available on YouTube, but it might be worthwhile to take a look.

Rossini L’Italiana in Algeri, Soffel, Gambill, Serra, von Kannen; Weikert Schetzingen 198 [Schwetzingen Festival 1987]
Ceceila Bartoli, Rossini l’Italiana in Algeri [Salzburg Festival, 2018]

Terminology:
Bel Canto
Opera Buffa
recitativo secco
recitativo accompagnato
basso buffo
tenore leggiero
coloratura mezzo soprano
scena