Spring 2022 Courses / Visual and Performing Arts / CONTEMPORARY OPERA
Coordinators: Steve Koenig, Victor Brener, Frieda Lipp
At each session, we view a different opera and engage in a lively discussion of its text, staging, medium, and historical and cultural background.
This semester might include the flamenco-influenced “El Público,” Douglas Cuomo’s “Doubt,” Bo Holten’s “Visit of the Royal Physician,” Korngold’s “Die Tote Stadt,” Britten’s “Billy Budd,” and “Brexit: The Opera.”
B WEEK/ TUES / 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Spring 2022 Class Schedule: Contemporary Opera | ||
Date | Presenter | Title |
Feb 08 | Steve Koenig, Frieda Lipp, Victor Brenner | Bo Holten: Visit of the Royal Physician, Act 1 |
Feb 22 | Steve Koenig, Frieda Lipp, Victor Brenner | Bo Holten: Visit of the Royal Physician, Act 2 |
Mar 08 | Steve Koenig, Frieda Lipp, Victor Brenner | Philippe Hersant: Les Èclaires (Nikola Tesla), Act 1 |
Mar 22 | Steve Koenig, Frieda Lipp, Victor Brenner | Philippe Hersant: Les Èclaires (Nikola Tesla), Act 2 |
Apr 05 | Michael Russo | Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex [opera-oratorio] |
Apr 26 | Steve Koenig, Frieda Lipp, Victor Brenner | György Kurtág: Fin de partie [Endgame], Act 1 |
May 10 | Steve Koenig, Frieda Lipp, Victor Brenner | György Kurtág: Fin de partie [Endgame], Act 2 |
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