Course Number: 
239
Semesters Offered: 
Fall or Spring
Credits: 
4+

This course examines the complex relationship between operatic production and political power in the 19th and 20th centuries in several national contexts, including France, Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union. We consider specific interactions among composers, politicians, and institutions and seek to understand how such engagements shaped both the works themselves and the political and social realities around them in the processes of inception, performance, and reception.

Prerequisite: 
any 100-level history class or second-year standing.

Instructor(s):

Kelly Maynard

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