Essential Opera: The 20th Century
Instructor
Ross Crolius
songfellows4@aol.com
Co-host
Jack Henderson
henderso@gmail.com
Clare Durst
briegull@gmail.com
Syllabus
Synopsis
Class 6 Video Link
CLASS 5 VIDEO LINKS
CLASS 1 VIDEO LINKS
The first two are the complete opera, Pelleas et Melisande. The highlights are as follows:
- debussy: pelleas et melisande (1of2);boulez,wno;hagley,
archer,maxwell,cox,walker, burkey,massocchi – YouTube(1) debussy: pelleas et melisande (2of2);boulez,wno;hagley, archer,maxwell,cox,walker, burkey,massocchi – YouTube - Symbolism in 10 Minutes: Why Is It The Most Mysterious Art Movement?
– YouTube - What is Symbolism? Art Movements & Styles – YouTube
- What is Symbolism, Symbolic, Symbols Gauguin, Klimt. Munch, in Art History Documentary Lesson. – YouTube
CLASS 2 VIDEO LINKS
- Berg: Wozzeck – Act I (Abaddo; Grundheber, Behrens, et al.) [English Subtitles] – YouTube
- Berg: Wozzeck – Act II (Abaddo; Grundheber, Behrens, et al.) [English Subtitles] – YouTube
- Berg: Wozzeck – Act III (Abbado; Grundheber, Behrens, et al.) [English Subtitles] – YouTube
- Expressionist Theater: Crash Course Theater #38 – YouTube
- Expressionism in 8 Minutes: The Most Disturbing Art Ever? 😱 – YouTube
- German Expressionism Montage – YouTube
CLASS 3 VIDEO LINKS
- George and Ira Gerswin’s Porgy and Bess – The complete 2002 Lincoln Center production
- George Gershwin – Blue Monday (135th Street Blues) – Stereo – YouTube
- Gershwin: Blue Monday (Opera à la Afro-American) – YouTube
CLASS 4 VIDEO LINKS
- SHOSTAKOVICH Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk-FILM- Engl. subs part 1 – YouTube
- SHOSTAKOVICH Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk -FILM- Engl. subs part-2 – YouTube
- SHOSTAKOVICH Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk -FILM- Engl.subs part 3 – YouTube
- SHOSTAKOVICH Lady MacBeth in Mtsnesk-part 4 – YouTube
- Shostakovich Lady MacBeth in Mtsnesk (Film) -part 5 – YouTube
- SHOSTAKOVICH Lady MacBeth (Film) part-6 – YouTube
- SHOSTAKOVICH Lady MacBeth in Mtsnesk (Film) part-7/7 – YouTube
- Setting the Scene: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District – YouTube
- Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk – YouTube
CLASS 5 VIDEO LINKS
- (2) Peter Grimes 1969 – YouTube
- (2) Benjamin Britten interview, 1968 – YouTube
- (2) John Adams on Britten – YouTube
CLASS 6 VIDEO LINKS
Terminology:
Expressionism
sprechstimme/ sprechgesang
leitmotif
Baroque suite (prelude, pavane, gigue & gavotte)
sonata form
fugue
invention