Touchstones of 20th-Century Opera
The Metropolitan Opera Guild, New York, NY, USA
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- Part 1: Operatic Innovations and Intimate Muses – Janáček’s KÁT’A KABANOVÁ (October 15th, 2019)
- Part 2: Finding the Lyrical and Dramatic Power of Atonal Opera – Berg’s WOZZECK (October 22nd, 2019)
- Part 3: Stylistic Fusions in Mid-1930s America – the Gershwins’ PORGY AND BESS (October 29th, 2019)
- Part 4: The Expressive Power of Minimalism and New Approaches to Tonality – Phillip Glass’s AKHNATEN (November 5th, 2019)
Study Day: Opera in the New Millennium (2018)
The Metropolitan Opera Guild, New York, NY, USA
Co-taught with Elspeth Davis
- Part I: Learning to Listen (November 3, 2018 – Morning Session)
- Part II: The Next Generation – Interview with Laura Kaminsky, Christopher Cerrone, and Lawrence Eddelson (November 3, 2018 – Afternoon Session)
Operatic Libretti and Librettists
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- Part 1: Lorenzo Da Ponte (Highlighted operas include Così fan tutte and Don Giovanni)
- Part 2: Salvadore Cammarano (Highlighted operas include Lucia di Lammermoor and Il trovatore)
- Part 3: Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica (Highlighted operas include La bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly)
Making Met History
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- Part I: Famous Firsts (May 15, 2018)
- Part 2: Broken Records (May 17, 2018)
Study Day: Opera in the New Millennium (2017)
The Metropolitan Opera Guild, New York, NY, USA
Co-taught with Elspeth Davis
- Part I: Learning to Listen (October 21, 2017 – Morning Session)
- Part II: The Next Generation – Interview with Missy Mazzoli, Paola Prestini, and Kevin Puts (October 21,2017 – Afternoon Session)
Comparing and Contrasting Great Interpretations
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- Part I: Italian Show Stoppers and the Divas that Sing Them (April 1, 2017 – Morning Session)
- Part II: Seducing the Audience in French Romantic Repertoire (April 1, 2017 – Afternoon Session)
Points of Inspiration: Where Opera and Art History Meet
The Metropolitan Opera Guild, New York, NY, USA
- Part I: The Operatic World Captured on Canvas (June 14, 2016)
- Part II: The Artist in the Opera House (June 16, 2016)
Unknown Masterworks – Zeitoper:
Hindemith, Krenek, & Weill in the Weimar Era
The Metropolitan Opera Guild, New York, NY, USA (June 16, 2015)
The Musical Language of Magic and Enchantment
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- Part I: Witches, Sorcery, and Devils (June 2, 2015)
- Part II: Mythological Creatures and Supernatural Beings (June 9th, 2015)
Opera 101
The Metropolitan Opera Guild, New York, NY, USA
- The Classical and Early Romantic Era (May 12th, 2014)
- The Late Romantic and 20th Century (May 19th, 2014)