How to Listen to and Understand Opera

Discover the great beauty and high artistic achievement of opera with this brilliant course by acclaimed musicologist Robert Greenberg.

• By This Professor
• 01: Introduction and Words and Music, I
• 02: Introduction and Words and Music, II
• 03: A Brief History of Vocal Expression in Music, I
• 04: A Brief History of Vocal Expression in Music, II
• 05: Invention of Opera and Monteverdi's Orfeo, I
• 06: Invention of Opera and Monteverdi's Orfeo, II
• 07: Invention of Opera and Monteverdi's Orfeo, III
• 08: Invention of Opera and Monteverdi's Orfeo, IV
• 09: The Growth of Opera, the Development of Italian Opera Seria, and Mozart's Idomeneo, I
• 10: The Growth of Opera, the Development of Italian Opera Seria, and Mozart's Idomeneo, II
• 11: The Growth of Opera, the Development of Italian Opera Seria, and Mozart's Idomeneo, III
• 12: The Growth of Opera, the Development of Italian Opera Seria, and Mozart's Idomeneo, IV
• 13: The Rise of Opera Buffa and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, I
• 14: The Rise of Opera Buffa and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, II
• 15: The Rise of Opera Buffa and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, III
• 16: The Rise of Opera Buffa and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, IV
• 17: The Bel Canto Style and Rossini's The Barber of Seville, I
• 18: The Bel Canto Style and Rossini's The Barber of Seville, II
• 19: Verdi and Otello, I
• 20: Verdi and Otello, II
• 21: Verdi and Otello, III
• 22: Verdi and Otello, IV
• 23: French Opera, I
• 24: French Opera, II
• 25: German Opera Comes of Age
• 26: Richard Wagner and Tristan und Isolde, I
• 27: Richard Wagner and Tristan und Isolde, II
• 28: Late Romantic German Opera-Richard Strauss and Salome
• 29: Russian Opera, I
• 30: Russian Opera, II
• 31: Verismo, Puccini, and Tosca, I
• 32: Verismo, Puccini, and Tosca, II