Spring 2021 Schedule / Art, Music, Dance and Film / CONTEMPORARY OPERA
Coordinators: Steve Koenig, Victor Brener, Frieda Lipp
At each session we view a different opera and engage in a lively discussion of the text, staging, medium, and the historical and cultural backgrounds. This semester might include Douglas J. Cuomo’s “Doubt,” Harry Somers’ “Louis Riel,” Britten’s “A Turn of the Screw,” Alban Berg’s “Lulu,” and “Brexit: The Opera.”
A WEEK / TUESDAY / 2:00pm to 3:30pm
| Date | Presenter | Topic |
| 02/02 | Steve Koenig Frieda Lipp | Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw – Part 1 |
| 02/16 | Steve Koenig Frieda Lipp | Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw – Part 2 |
| 03/02 | Steve Koenig Frieda Lipp | Philip Glass: The Perfect American (Walt Disney) – Part 1 |
| 03/16 | Steve Koenig Frieda Lipp | Philip Glass: The Perfect American (Walt Disney) – Part 2 |
| 04/06 | Steve Koenig Frieda Lipp | Mark-Anthony Turnage: Anna Nicole (Smith) – Part 1 |
| 04/20 | Steve Koenig Frieda Lipp | Mark-Anthony Turnage: Anna Nicole (Smith) – Part 2 |
| 05/04 | Steve Koenig Frieda Lipp | Maurice Ravel: L’enfant et les sortilège |
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