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ENGL196

The Nightingale and the Cuckoo: Opera as Literature and Myth ENGL196 SP

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:00:17 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       21      0         21

The course is intended for those who like (or think that they might like) opera. While no formal musical training is required, it is important that one have a genuine love of music--and especially for music that is sung. Operas that will receive attention (in full or in part) include the following: ORFEO ED EURIDICE, THE MAGIC FLUTE, FIDELIO, RIGOLETTO, LA TRAVIATA, LA BOHEME, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, and DAS RHEINGOLD.

MAJOR READINGS

THE OPERA LIBRETTI

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

There will be an hour exam, oral reports and a major term project.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Creeger, G; Times: .T.T... 1:10PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 2, Jr: 1, So: 3, Fr: 4; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

About the Photo:

Scene from a production of "Le nozze di Figaro"

Reference:

Donaldson, Frances, THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson,1988

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