Hello and welcome!

In this course we are going through the discovery of the smiley niche of the Italian opera: the comic opera.

We will talk about its birth and the reasons behind it, its development through the action of musical and comic geniuses and most of all which are the features which make music fresh and funny, alongside the tricks composers use to make it so.

Another topic we will explore, closely bound to the literary comedy, will be the subtle but significant border between smile and laugh, high comedy and farce, and how these two genres of comic opera materialize through music.

I will be happy of your company, join and enjoy!