Bbetween 2017 Music - Listening: Opera (La Scala Theatre) - Badge
Name
Bbetween 2017 Music - Listening: Opera (La Scala Theatre).
Issuer
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca.
Issued since 21 December 2017.
Description
The holder of this Badge has acquired knowledge relating to lyric opera as a musical, but also theatrical, social and collective event. This knowledge has been acquired by taking part in the Bbetween 2017 Music - Listening: Opera (La Scala Theatre) pathway. The pathway is intended for students of the University of Milano-Bicocca and proposes the opportunity for students to approach reflective listening to lyric opera, as well as enabling promotion of the culture of music among students and providing them with the necessary instruments for evaluating operatic theatre in all its fundamental components (singing, orchestral conducting and direction). In the lessons, special importance is placed on vocal, musical and theatrical interpretation and on the productions of the La Scala Theatre. Before each play, the holder of the Badge is guided through the understanding of a single theatrical event, by means of a pathway on the genesis of the opera, its structure, the relevant vocal and musical interpretations, the most important directors and the major performances of La Scala. The pathway includes: attendance at three performances: La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) by Gioachino Rossini, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini; attendance at a presentation lesson held by Prof. Giovanni Chiodi (Department of Jurisprudence), music critic, before each performance.
Badge Criteria
The Bbetween 2017 Music - Listening: Opera (La Scala Theatre) Badge is a participation Badge. It is issued to students of the University who have enrolled, attended at least 2 of the 3 presentation lessons and taken part in at least 2 of the 3 events programmed for the pathway. The pathway is open to all students of the University and others and no relevant competence is required on entry. This pathway may be attended by a maximum number of 50 students.
Skills
The holder of this Badge has demonstrated that he/she possesses and knows how to use the following SKILLS: capacity for listening to music from lyric opera; capacity for critical analysis of vocal and musical performances; and the following SOFT SKILLS: analysis: the participants are guided in the analysis of a musical score (e. g. arias, duets, concerted), in order to detect its essential elements; overall vision: the participants are able to appreciate the musical and vocal performance of operatic theatre and identify the differing approaches of the directors of the operas in the programme; summary: the participants are able to identify the essential aspects of the operas and the performances they have seen; flexibility of thought: the participants are able to approach the relevant musical context independently and re-process it from a wider and more reasoned point of view. The holder of this Badge has also successfully learned aspects of KNOWLEDGE relating to: the historical-musical context of the lyric operas analysed; deeper study of the Bel Canto technique (Mozart, Rossini) and the vocal style of Puccini; elements of analysis of musical interpretation; elements of analysis of theatrical interpretation in lyric opera; history of the opera theatre and particularly the role of the La Scala Theatre on the international scene.
Tags
Historyofmusic, Opera, Operahouse