The Operas of Verdi

Jay Rosenblatt
MONDAYS 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
October 14; December 2, 9, 16, 2013
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The Operas of Verdi

Fall 2013
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MONDAYS
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
October 14; December 2, 9, 16, 2013

Location: 

Main Campus

Tuition: 

$120.00

The year 2013 will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901), and over four sessions we will survey his vast output of operas. The first lecture will provide an overview of Verdi’s life and career. We will also consider his most important predecessors (Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti) and the relationship of their music to his as seen in his earliest operas. Subsequent classes will continue the chronological survey, with in-depth examination of selected scenes using video clips and recordings. Finally, we will focus on Verdi’s last operas, Otello and Falstaff, delving deeply into the music as well as the intimate relationship these works have with their Shakespearean sources.
 

Required Reading: 

Budden, Julian. Verdi. 3rd ed. Oxford UP, 2008. ISBN: 0195323424.

Meet Your Professor

Associate Professor
School of Music

JAY ROSENBLATT earned his B.A. in Piano Performance and M.A. in Musicology from UCLA and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, also in Musicology. He joined the School of Music at the University of Arizona in 1995. For the past twenty-eight years, he has taught survey courses (Classical and Romantic music), courses on opera, and seminars on individual composers such as Liszt and Mozart. Since 2012, he has taught eight courses in the Humanities Seminars.

Location

Poetry Center
Dorothy Rubel Room
1508 E Helen
Tucson, AZ 85721
United States
Located on the SE corner of Helen Street and Vine Avenue, one block north of Speedway and three blocks west of Campbell Ave.

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