Etude pluridisciplinaire du genre lyrique - Campus Opéra

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BROCHURE

academic year

2023-2024

Course teacher(s)

Manuel COUVREUR (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

• General approach of Opera History • General approach of the Opera in its different components • The development of Opera as an art form, and analysis of representative Opera from various eras • Three sessions devoted to three different opera ; the students have the opportunity to attend the spectacles at the Monnaie Opera House in Brussels

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

• To get student used to the world of Opera and make them sensitive to the different artistic processes • To encourage them to explore less known Opera • To develop the faculty of analysing an Opera

Teaching methods and learning activities

Ex-cathedra session ; audio-visual equipment

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

- Hervé Lacombe, Géographie de l’opéra au XXe siècle, Paris, Fayard, 2008. - Mervyn Cooke, The Cambridge Companion to Twenthieth Century Opera, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2005 - René Leibowitz, Histoire de l’Opéra, nouv. éd., Paris, Buchet-Chastel, 1997. - Roger Parker (ed.), The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1994.

Other information

Contacts

Email: vdufour@ulb.ac.be 02/650.43.54 Permanences : sur rendez-vous (vdufour@ulb.ac.be). Local: NA4.102