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Topics in the History of Opera: Handel and Opera on the London Stage

MUS 515

1254
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Once rarely performed because of their presumed lack of dramatic viability, Handel's operas have become a staple of the standard repertory, inspiring inventive productions in major opera houses, featuring superb singing and playing, as popular-arguably-as they were in Handel's London. Taking into account the libretto conventions, the singers, productions, and performance practice (then and now), the social, political, and economic circumstances in eighteenth-century London, this seminar will explore the narrative, musical, and dramatic features of Handel's London operas.
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Section S01

  • Type: Seminar
  • Section: S01
  • Status: O
  • Enrollment: 0
  • Capacity: 15
  • Class Number: 40189
  • Schedule: Th 09:00 AM-12:00 PM