Course Content (Syllabus)
The course focuses on important stations in the History of Opera and emphasizes the themes and libretto of the time. It examines the relationship of each subject to literature, theatrical creation, history, local traditions, music-aesthetic trends and the drama of their time. The evolution of the libretto from the Baroque era to the early 20th century, in direct connection with the evolution of musical drama (17th century - 20th century), is a central point of the course.
The course also provides basic knowledge on issues of organizing opera production and stage presentation.
To this end, the lectures and works of the students will cover a historical, intercultural and theoretical part with a simultaneous listening and analytical approach to important works of the opera repertoire (17th century - 20th century).
The course is evaluated in the following way:
1. exams with short questions
2. Presentation of a short essay (5 pages max.) on the musical drama of a selected work only from the proposed catalog
Keywords
OPERA, LIBRETTO, DRAMATURGY, THEATRE, OPERA PRODUCTION
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1.Εύη Νίκα-Σαμψών, κεφάλαιο «Όπερα» στο συλλογικό τόμο με τίτλο Μουσική, έκδ. Εκδοτική Αθηνών, Αθήνα 2007, σ. 107-153.
2.Felix Mendelssohn, Ο κόσμος της Όπερας. Εκατό Όπερες, έκδ. Στοχαστής, Αθήνα 2006.
Additional bibliography for study
1.Εύη Νίκα-Σαμψών, «Λιμπρέτο» λήμμα στην Εκπαιδευτική Ελληνική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια, τόμ. 6, Παγκόσμια Λογοτεχνία, Εκδοτική Αθηνών, Αθήνα 1997, σ. 288-290.
2.Brown, Howard Mayer, Ellen Rosand, Reinhard Strohm, Michel Noiray, Roger Parker, Arnold Whittall, Roger Savage, and Barry Millington. "Opera (i)." Grove Music Online.
2001; Accessed 21 Jan. 2020. https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0 001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000040726.
3. Σειρά Cambridge Opera Handbooks.
http://www.cambridge.org/mx/academic/subjects/music/opera/series/cambridge-opera-handbooks.
Cambridge Opera Handbooks.
This is a series of studies of individual operas, written for the serious opera-goer or record-collector as well as the student or scholar. Each volume presents a history of the work and a detailed musical analysis. Some conflict of interpretation is an inevitable part of this account, and the editors of the handbooks reflect this by citing classic statements, by commissioning new essays, and by taking up their own critical position. A final section gives a select bibliography, a discography and guides to other sources.
5.The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, επιμ. έκδ.: Stanley Sadie (4 τόμοι), Νέα Υόρκη 1992.