1st Edition
Teaching Canonic Opera and Musical Theater with Intention A Teacher's Guide
I. Gender & Class
Don Giovanni: Beyond the Hashtag
Mozart
Carmen: Fate or Choice?
Bizet
Oklahoma!: Rewriting Race and Gender
Rodgers & Hammerstein II
Company: Changing Perspectives on Marriage
Sondheim
My Fair Lady: Class and Colonialism
Lerner & Loewe
II. Race and Presumed Whiteness
Magic Flute: Whose Enlightenment?
Mozart
Aida: Race and Empire—“Caught Up in the Colors of the Story”
Verdi
Porgy and Bess: Who Tells the Story of Systemic Racism?
Gershwin & Gershwin
Show Boat: The Dynamics of the South
Kern & Hammerstein II
West Side Story: Whose Stories?
Bernstein & Sondheim
III. Colonialism and History Rewritten
Madama Butterfly: Imperialism and Gender
Puccini
Tristan and Isolde: From Fierce Fighter to Transcendent Redeemer
Wagner
Giulio Cesare: Cleopatra Resists
Handel
The King And I: The Colonial Mask Comes Off
Rodgers and Hammerstein II
Hamilton: A new era?
Miranda
Biography
Catherine Coppola is Chair of the Thomas Hunter Honors Program and Lecturer in Musicology at Hunter College of the City University of New York.
Elizabeth A. Wells is Professor of Music History and Musicology at Mount Allison University.
"This book teaches the controversies surrounding some of the most popular works encountered on Broadway, in the opera house, and in music history courses. Packed with critical insight and practical advice, it will be an indispensable resource for teachers and performers alike."
—Richard Will, Professor of Music, University of Virginia, author of "Don Giovanni" Captured: Performance, Media, Myth (University of Chicago Press, 2022)
“A fascinating and important project.”
—Kunio Hara, Associate Professor of Music History, University of South Carolina; cultural consultant Houston Grand Opera, featured speaker Boston Lyric Opera’s Butterfly Process (2022)
