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  • TALK: LANDMARKS OF OPERA (EVENING)
  • Subject : Music Appreciation
  • No. of Sessions : 10 (1 Cycle)
  • Time Schedule : 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Dates : 29 September 2010 | 06 October 2010 | 13 October 2010 | 20 October 2010 | 24 October 2010 | 27 October 2010 | 10 November 2010 | 01 December 2010 | 08 December 2010 | 15 December 2010

  • Fee : AED 1350
  • Audience : Seniors (15+)
  • Speaker/Instructor : David Lesser
  • Venue : ARTSAWA | ALQUOZ

    • Description:  

    Throughout its history, opera has shown a remarkable ability to reinvent itself to adapt to new social demands and artistic movements. This course explores some of the turning points of operatic history, and will examine how composers, dramatists and producers have constantly found ways to keep opera relevant and rewarding. All operas will be subtitled in English 
     
    Content: 
    1. Jean-Baptiste Lully – Persée 
    2. Henry Purcell – The Fairy Queen 
    3. Christoph Willibald von Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice 
    4. Gioachino Rossini – La donna del lago  
    5. Carl Maria von Weber – Der Freischütz 
    6. Giuseppe Verdi – Don Carlos 
    7. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde 
    8. Claude Debussy – Pelléas et Mélisande 
    9. Benjamin Britten – Peter Grimes 
    10. Bernd Alois Zimmermann – Die Soldaten 
     
    David Lesser studied the piano at the Royal College of Music in London and then the music composition at the University of Huddersfield. He was Senior Teaching Fellow in Music and Open Studies Certificate coordinator at the University of Warwick (1993-2007). His music has been widely performed in Britain and Europe by Ensemble Aleph, Accroche Note, Linda Hirst, Ian Pace and others. As a performer he specializes in the music of the Twentieth century, vocal repertoire, and has given a number of world and British premieres. He is active as a composer, performer, lecturer and teacher.