Details
Code 17941
Level of study Third/Final year
Credit value 20
Semester Running Spring 2012. Further information available June 2012.
Module description
Wagner is the most important of all Romantic opera composers. His operas and associated dramatic theories had a profound influence reaching far into the twentieth century. The course will give a general overview of Wagner's achievements, but focus in more detail on the operas from 'Das Rheingold' to 'Parsifal'.
Teaching and learning methods
Seminars. Examined by two assessed essays.