MUS 322-01 - Advanced Studies in Music History and Literature: Mozart’s Operas (Spring)

4 credits (Spring)

In this course, we will examine the five comic operas of Mozart’s maturity – The Abduction from the Seraglio, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte, and The Magic Flute – along with his two outstanding opere serie Idomeneo and La Clemenza di Tito, and come to appreciate their significance: as musical, literary, and dramatic works and in social, political, and historical contexts.

Prerequisite: MUS 112 and either MUS 261 or MUS 262.
Instructor: E. Gaub

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