MUS-215 Survey of Opera History
This course is appropriate for students without a
background in music. A study of the historical
development of opera with topics alternating from
the works of Mozart, Italian Opera, German
Romantic Opera, French Grand Opera, American and
British works through the 21st Century. Attention
will be given to the musical and stylistic
characteristics, the music/poetic synthesis as
seen through the libretto, and the role of opera
in a societal and political perspective.