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OPERA America’s Online Learning
Online Learning provides a way for opera lovers to access in-depth information on specific works and learn more about different facets of the art form — from musical analysis to theatrical production to its connections to literature and the visual arts.

Members receive FREE access to current and archived courses. Registration for our current course is available to the general public for $15. Click here to learn more about membership.
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Fall 2011
Carmen
(September 26 – October 24, 2011) — $15/Free (non-members/members)
Opera’s sultry mezzo-soprano takes center stage in countless productions each year. What is it about this work that continues to inspire new artistic interpretations and intrigue audiences around the world? Discover the many fascinations of Carmen through this four part examination of Bizet’s seductive masterpiece.

About the Instructor
Andrew Eggert is a freelance stage director and dramaturg with extensive experience in opera. He has collaborated on projects with Chicago Opera Theater, Glimmerglass Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, Gotham Chamber Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, L'Opéra de Monte Carlo, American Repertory Theatre, Canadian Opera Company, Princeton University and the Yale Baroque Opera Project. His work was selected as a winner of OPERA America’s 2009 Director-Designer Showcase. Eggert is a graduate of Yale College, where he studied dramatic literature, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the music department of Columbia University in New York.
(Audio for this course is graciously provided by Opera d’Oro.)

Online Learning Course Archives — Free for members; log in below
The Barber of Seville

La bohème

Brief Encounter

La Cenerentola

Dead Man Walking

Don Giovanni

Hansel and Gretel

Little Women

Macbeth

Madama Butterfly

The Marriage of Figaro

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Nixon in China

The Ring Cycle

Samson et Dalila

La traviata


Thank You
We gratefully acknowledge support for OPERA America’s Online Learning Program from:

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts

For more information about Online Learning, e-mail OPERA America at Education@operaamerica.org.

Saturday, February 04, 2012
      

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