Opera Context and Cultures

(1-3 Credits)

An introduction to the unique qualities of opera as a performing art and as a viable medium in which to practice theater design. This class requires students to listen and react to carefully chosen works, to attend and discuss an opera performance, to begin to think about opera performance in relationship to design, and to participate in a multitude of classroom discussions covering a wide range of topics related to the art, craft, and business of opera, as well as some historical, dramaturgical and contemporary cultural context.