MUS202: Music Through the Centuries 2
Spring 2010

Opera

Handout for listening listHandout for Midterm preparation


Bugs Bunny: "What's Opera, Doc?"





Composer Composition[textbook • score] SCORE IF AVAILABLE AS PDF (page numbers from PDF score)


BAROQUE

MonteverdiL’Orfeo • [pp.183-194 in textbook; NAWM 54]

1 Prologue (Tocata, Ritornello, "Dal mio Permesso amato")



2 “Tu se’ morta”



CLASSICAL

MozartDon Giovanni • [pp.367-371 in textbook; NAWM 100]

3 “Ah chi mi dice mai”



4 “Madamina, il catalogo e questo”



ROMANTIC

VerdiAïda • [pp.474-480 in textbook]

5 “Ritorna vincitor!”



6 “O terra, addio; addio valle di pianti”



WagnerTristan und Isolde • [pp.480-489 in textbook; NAWM 121]

7 Prelude



8 “Mild und leise wie er lächelt” (Liebestod)



MussorgskyBoris Godunov • [pp.508-510] in textbook]

9 “Uf, tyazhelo!”



10 “Skuchno marinye, ah, kak skuchno-t!”



20th CENTURY

DebussyPélleas et Mélisande • [pp.537-541 in textbook]

11 “Nous sommes venus ici il y a bien longtemps”



R. StraussElektra • [pp.500-504 in textbook]

12 “Allein! Weh ganz allein”



13 “Orest!”



AdamsNixon In China • [pp.655-658 in textbook]

14 “The People Are The Heroes Now”



GlassEinstein On The Beach • [p.655 in textbook]

15 “I Feel The Earth Move”



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