Teaching Canonic Opera and Musical Theater with Intention

A Teacher's Guide

AvCatherine Coppola,Elizabeth A. Wells

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

Del i serien Modern Musicology and the College Classroom

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Beskrivning

For many instructors today, teaching canonical dramatic repertoire can be a fraught proposition: from Don Giovanni to South Pacific, key works in the history of opera and musical theater present challenges related to gender, race, colonialism, class, and more. Teaching Canonic Opera and Musical Theater with Intention: A Teacher's Guide offers instructors a toolkit with which to productively confront the canon, directly engaging in the difficult conversations this repertoire can prompt. Informed by evidence from contemporary and historical context, librettos, and production history, instructors will be able to confidently help students consider best practices for the future.This book presents 15 case studies of exemplars from the opera and musical theater canon, which showcase a close study of the music and text in service of addressing the most provocative aspects. With nuanced explorations of each work, the authors offer a variety of pathways to draw connections between their content and the present day. Teaching Canonic Opera and Musical Theater with Intention is a vital resource for college-level music history and appreciation instructors that will enable them to teach canonic repertoire as part of contemporary curricula, and to help students engage critically with these works, their historical impact, and ongoing relevance.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-12-04
Mått:138 x 216 x 11 mm
Vikt:280 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Modern Musicology and the College Classroom
Antal sidor:130
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032774220

Utforska kategorier

Klassisk musik, konstmusik och orkestermusik inom Kultur
Opera inom Kultur
Filmmusik, musikaler och teatermusik inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Catherine Coppola is Chair of the Thomas Hunter Honors Program and Lecturer in Musicology at Hunter College of the City University of New York.Elizabeth A. Wells is Professor of Music History and Musicology at Mount Allison University.

Recensioner i media

"This book teaches the controversies surrounding some of the most popular works encountered on Broadway, in the opera house, and in music history courses. Packed with critical insight and practical advice, it will be an indispensable resource for teachers and performers alike."—Richard Will, Professor of Music, University of Virginia, author of "Don Giovanni" Captured: Performance, Media, Myth (University of Chicago Press, 2022)“A fascinating and important project.”—Kunio Hara, Associate Professor of Music History, University of South Carolina; cultural consultant Houston Grand Opera, featured speaker Boston Lyric Opera’s Butterfly Process (2022)

Innehållsförteckning

I. Gender & ClassDon Giovanni: Beyond the Hashtag MozartCarmen: Fate or Choice? BizetOklahoma!: Rewriting Race and Gender Rodgers & Hammerstein IICompany: Changing Perspectives on Marriage SondheimMy Fair Lady: Class and Colonialism Lerner & LoeweII. Race and Presumed WhitenessMagic Flute: Whose Enlightenment? MozartAida: Race and Empire—“Caught Up in the Colors of the Story” VerdiPorgy and Bess: Who Tells the Story of Systemic Racism?Gershwin & GershwinShow Boat: The Dynamics of the South Kern & Hammerstein IIWest Side Story: Whose Stories? Bernstein & SondheimIII. Colonialism and History RewrittenMadama Butterfly: Imperialism and GenderPucciniTristan and Isolde: From Fierce Fighter to Transcendent RedeemerWagnerGiulio Cesare: Cleopatra ResistsHandelThe King And I: The Colonial Mask Comes OffRodgers and Hammerstein IIHamilton: A new era?Miranda

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