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How to Listen to and Understand Opera
The Great Courses
1 recommender · 1 thread · recommended in 1 year, 2021 · score 0.7
A lecture series by Robert Greenberg, released through The Great Courses, that introduces listeners to how opera works and how to follow it. It is also available from Greenberg's own site.
Commenters say Greenberg's lectures are engaging and full of historical anecdotes that make opera easier to appreciate.
Humanities & Social Sciencebeginnerpaidvideo lectures#opera#music history#robert greenberg#classical music#listening
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I had great success with Robert Greenberg's series on music and music history. I started with How to Listen to and Understand Opera which is available on his site (https://robertgreenbergmusic.com/download/how-to-listen-unde...) and The Great Courses as well. If you want a preview shoot me an email.
He adds lots of fun history to go with it. Bach's Goldberg Variations was his greatest financial success "The Count presented him with a golden goblet filled with 100 louis-d'or." and he was obsessed with coffee. Coffee cantana by him as well.