Essential Opera: Mozart Masterpieces

During his short, remarkable life, Mozart completed over a dozen theatrical works, but it was the seven best-known operas that he wrote in his final ten years while living in Vienna that are considered his masterpieces. In this course, we will focus on six of these operas, beginning with Idomeneo [1781] and ending with The Magic Flute [1791].

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Specific resource recommendations will be made during the course.

Ross Crolius holds a MM from Peabody Conservatory and a MM from the Eastman School of Music. He sang professionally in New York for more than 30 years, including 25 years as a full-time chorister and comprimario soloist with the Metropolitan Opera. Upon retirement, he taught voice and opera appreciation in the New York area as well as at Ithaca College and Westfield State College.