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Seattle Opera.

Opera Classes

online Opera classes for adults

This winter, go back to school with three classes perfect for any music lover. Join Seattle Opera Community Engagement Manager Alex Minami for Opera 101 to deepen your knowledge of this beloved art form, or learn how to write your own libretto in Opera in the Making with librettist Jessica Murphy Moo (An American Dream). New for winter 2021, Dramaturg Jonathan Dean teaches a survey of Western history through an opera lens!

WINTER 2021 CLASSES

Opera 101: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO OPERA

Online Zoom Course

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WEDNESDAYS JAN. 13 – MAR. 3, 6:30–8:00 PM

Fee: $150 | Instructor: Alex Minami, Community Engagement Manager

This class is now sold out. If you would like to be added to the waiting list, please email tickets@seattleopera.org.

In this eight-part introductory series, join Seattle Opera Community Engagement Manager Alex Minami for lively multimedia presentations that will help you make sense of opera by giving you some essential terms, examples of great singers and music from operas, and a closer look at some of the most popular operas in the repertoire. 

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WEDNESDAYS JAN. 13 – MAR. 3, 6:30–8:00 PM

Fee: $150 | Instructor: Alex Minami, Community Engagement Manager

MODERN HISTORY THROUGH THE OPERA GLASS

Online Zoom Course

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Tuesdays Jan. 12 – Mar. 16, 6:30–8:00 PM

$175 | Instructor: Jonathan Dean, Dramaturg

This class is now sold out. If you would like to be added to the waiting list please email tickets@seattleopera.org.

Ever wondered how opera and film are related, or why “Viva Verdi!” became a rallying cry for Italian pride? Through the past four centuries, operas have both reflected and informed the political and cultural moments in which they were conceived. This winter, Dramaturg Jonathan Dean leads a survey of four centuries of history through the unique lens of opera. 

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Tuesdays Jan. 12 – Mar. 16, 6:30–8:00 PM

$175 | Instructor: Jonathan Dean, Dramaturg

Opera in the Making

Online Zoom Course

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SUNDAYS JAN. 24 – MAR. 14, 1:00–3:00 PM

Fee: $350 | Instructor: Jessica Murphy Moo

This class is now sold out. If you would like to be added to the waiting list please email tickets@seattleopera.org.

In an 8-week online introductory course, we’ll listen to lots of opera and dive into what is involved in writing an opera libretto. (Libretto is an Italian word that means “little book,” and the person who writes the words to an opera is a librettist.) We will listen to opera and then we will write and examine the elements of the libretto. How is it different from a script? How is it different from a poem? How and when should a character sing an aria? In the final weeks of the course, a composer will set some of the lines that you write to music, so you hear how words and story work differently when we invite music to work its magic.

 
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SUNDAYS JAN. 24 – MAR. 14, 1:00–3:00 PM

Fee: $350 | Instructor: Jessica Murphy Moo