Quest Courses – Spring 2023 / Art and Music / MODERN OPERA

Coordinators: Steve Koenig, Frieda Lipp, Victor Brener

At each session, we view a different opera and engage in a lively discussion of the text, staging, medium and score.

Opera has developed along many paths and styles over the last two centuries. In each session, we will view an opera and discuss that opera’s libretto, staging, orchestration, singing, and historical context.

Composers might include Richard Strauss, Alban Berg, Benjamin Britten, Kurt Weill, Leoš Janácˇek, and some you’ve never heard of. We’ll include electronic, jazz, multi- media, and conceptual opera.

B WEEK / TUESDAY / 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Modern Opera, Spring 2023

Date

Presenter

Title

Feb 14

Steve Koenig

John Eaton.  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Part One

Feb 28

Steve Koenig

John Eaton.  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Part Two

Mar 14

Steve Koenig

Bernhard Lang.  I Hate Mozart.  Part One

Mar 28

Steve Koenig

Bernhard Lang.  I Hate Mozart.  Part Two.

Apr 18

Steve Koenig

Hosokawa Toshio.  Stilles Meer.  Part One

May 02

Steve Koenig

Hosokawa Toshio.  Stilles Meer. Part Two

May 16

Steve Koenig

Marc-Anthony Turnage.  Greek


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