Concert Response 6: Seattle Opera

Description

In your Concert Response, you will write in your own words about your experience of the week’s concert, a special made-for-streaming production of Donizetti’s opera Elixir of Love. This performance will become available on Friday, November 13 at 7:00 pm (PT), and it will remain available for three weeks. You can stream the opera here. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQegSLZZdg8&feature=emb_logo) In your response, focus on describing and evaluating the performance, incorporating what you have learned in this week’s lecture, assigned readings, and the presentation by our weekly guests, Alex Minami and Doug Provost of Seattle Opera. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NnSxxai0W4&feature=emb_err_woyt) At minimum, you should answer these basic questions: Who was playing or singing? Which pieces were they performing? How did what you have learned in this course guide your experience as a listener? Did you enjoy the concert? If so, why? And if not, then why not? The strongest submissions will exceed these minimum requirements by offering additional observations or insights about the performance. Your response should be approximately 350-500 words in length, and we will assess it according to the following criteria: Description. Your response should describe the works performed, the performance, and the virtual concert format. Your response should link the concert to other course materials. Vocabulary. Your response should accurately and appropriately incorporate vocabulary from the Materials of Music module. Evaluation. Your response should offer an evaluation of the concert that is well supported by the description and analysis. Mechanics: Your response should be readable, with few grammatical mistakes, spelling errors, and other issues of writing mechanics. Please be sure to proofread your submission. The rubric we will use to score your responses is available here. Sample responses from a previous Concert Response assignments are available here.