NYU – Department of Italian
Florence/Summer 2013
Prof. Roberto Scarcella Perino
[email protected]
Italian Opera (V.59.9170.001SU13)
Monday and Wednesday 9.00-12.00
Testi:
The New Grove – Masters of Italian Opera, W.W.Norton & C.,
The Operagoer's Guide: One Hundred Stories and Commentaries, M. Owen Lee
“La Traviata” libretto: Francesco Maria Piave after Alexander Dumas Jr.
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Monday, July 1st – Campus & Academic Orientation
Wednesday, July 3rd
Introduction.
Working in an Opera.
Vocal Types: Soprano, Mezzo, Alto Tenor, Baritone, Bass
Homework: Opera Houses in Italy.
Friday, July 5th
Before the Opera
Baroque opera  Claudio Monteverdi: Orfeo, Incoronazione di Poppea.
Opera Seria and Opera Buffa .
Homework: Hand-out
Monday, July 8th
Mozart e Da Ponte
Le nozze di Figaro, Cosi’ fan tutte, Don Giovanni
Homework: Libretto’s analysis
Wednesday, July 10th
Romanticism: Italian Bel Canto Rossini , Il barbiere di Siviglia, Cenerentola
Concerto SILVIA VAJENTE Soprano
Homework: The New Grove: Rossini; Philip Gossett pp.1-85
July 12th and 13th
ROMA
Monday, July 15th
Italian Bel Canto  Donizetti: Elisir d’amore Bellini: Norma
Incontro con MARCELLO VARGETTO Bass-Comunale di Firenze
Homework: The New Grove: Donizetti, Bellini; W. Ashbrrok, J. Budden, F.
Lippmann pp.93-184
Wednesday, July 17th MIDTERM
July 19th and 20th
VERONA and MANTOVA
La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi at the ARENA in VERONA
Monday July 21st
Verdi’s “Trilogia Popolare”: Rigoletto, Traviata, Il Trovatore
Homework: The New Grove: Verdi; A. Porter pp.193-226
Wednesday, July 22nd
Verdi’s late operas: Verdi: Otello, Falstaff
Homework: The New Grove: Verdi; A. Porter pp.227-295
LUCCA, Visit “Museo Giacomo Puccini”
Monday August July 29th
Puccini’s Dramaturgy: La Boheme, Tosca
Homework: The New Grove:Puccini; M. Carner pp.311-342
Wednesday, July 31st
Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Turandot
Homework: Handout
Monday August 5th
Realism and the Giovane Scuola. Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Mascagni: Cavalleria
Rusticana,
Other Italian Opera Composers: Ponchielli, Boito, Catalani, Cilea, Giordano.
Homework: Handout
Wednesday, August 7th FINAL EXAM
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