Courses

Opera Boot Camp: Conductors and Conducting

This course is based on the Guild's popular Opera Boot Camp series. It explores the role of the conductor, discussing the history, mechanics, and musical elements of conducting, as well as the extraordinary careers of some legendary conductors.

Introduction to Score Reading

This course is designed as an introduction to music notation, terminology, and score elements, using exclusively operatic examples, so that you can begin learning how to follow along in a score with your favorite opera recordings!

Wagner's Ring: Music, Motifs, and Magic

This course focuses on Wagner’s masterful Ring cycle. For each opera in the cycle, lessons in this course provide an in-depth exploration of the musical fabric and dramatic elements of each work with composer, conductor, and lecturer Victoria Bond.

Operatic Libretti and Librettists

This course explores the life and work of librettists including Lorenzo Da Ponte, Salvadore Cammarano, Michel Carré, Jules Barbier, Luigi Illica, and Giuseppe Giacosa. The process of adaptation of works from the page to stage is also explored.