links

Farinelli:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuSiuMuBLhM&list=
PLz_U-Tp_bnRyYJORKKZyljARabZftrj2c
Wagner, Ride of the Valkiries (Met)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeRwBiu4wfQ
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R_kcWP0_SE
Beggars Opera (Italian) about 25:00-26:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNUJHaAcgf8
Don Juan

VPDP 11H3: Theatre

History II

Music/Theatre
: OPERAS high and low
Matt Jones
mf.jones@mail.utoronto.ca

Today
Pecha Kuchas
Hedda Gabler debrief
Music/Theatre: operas high and low
Prep for annotated bibliography

Essay Outline and Annotated Bibliography

(10%): Feb. 22
The goal of the essay outline is to make sure that you have a solid topic for
your essay long before you need to
You will need to hand in an outline that answers the following questions:
What is your topic?
What is your argument about that topic? Make sure you have a clear, but
preliminary, thesis statement
How will you prove your argument? Give a tentative outline of how you will
structure your argument
What evidence will you use to prove it? Give at least three academic sources (books
or scholarly articles) with some notes explaining their main arguments and why they
are important to your argument

Opera terms
Opera seria
Ballad opera
Libretto
Aria
Recitative

High Opera: The

Baroque

Le Palais Garnier, Paris (1861-75

Le Palais Garnier, Paris (1861-75)

The Saigon Opera House (1900

High Opera: Wagner

Festspielhaus, Beyreuth (1872-75)

Low Opera: The Ballad

Opera

Upcoming
Essay outline and annotated bibliography due on Feb.
22 (Monday after reading week)

Readings:
Zarrilli et al, pp. 263-269

Gay, The Beggars Opera