Teatro Nuovo webinars, Summer 2020

PART ONE: BEL CANTO BASICS - four weeks beginning 15 June

Mon 6-15, 1 pm EDT - Bel Canto: What and Why - archived lecture

Wed 6-17, 1 pm EDT - The Skill Set - archived lecture

Fri 6-19, 1 pm EDT - The Human Voice Before Amplification - archived lecture

Sat 6-20, 1 pm EDT - alternate webinar covering the previous three topics

Sun 6-21, 5 pm EDT - Italian hour with Lucy Yates

Mon 6-22, 1 pm EDT - The Idea of Legato - archived lecture

Wed 6-24, 1 pm EDT - Vibrato - archived lecture

Fri 6-26, 1 pm EDT - Firm phonation: Registration, dynamics, and messa di voce - archived lecture

Sat 6-27, 1 pm EDT - alternate webinar covering the previous three topics

Sun 6-28, 5 pm EDT - Italian hour with Lucy Yates

Mon 6-29, 1 pm EDT - Firm phonation cont’d - archived lecture

Wed 7-1, 1 pm EDT - Portamento - archived lecture

Fri 7-3, 1 pm EDT - Agility and Virtuosity - archived lecture

Sun 7-5, 1 pm EDT - alternate webinar covering the previous three topics

Sun 7-5, 5 pm EDT - Italian hour with Lucy Yates

Mon 7-6, 1 pm EDT - Non-legato Articulations - archived lecture

Wed 7-8, 1 pm EDT - The Trill

Fri 7-10, 1 pm EDT - Singing Words

Sat 7-11, 1 pm EDT - alternate webinar covering the previous three topics

Sun 7-12, 5 pm EDT - Italian hour with Lucy Yates

PART TWO: THE INTERPRETIVE LANGUAGE - five weeks beginning 20 July 

Mon 7-20, 1 pm EDT - The Near Past and the Far Past

Wed 7-22, 1 pm EDT - Forms and Styles; The Musical Building-Blocks

Fri 7-24, 1 pm EDT - Language, Rhetoric, and Rhythm

Sat 7-25, 1 pm EDT - alternate webinar covering the previous three topics

Sun 7-26, 5 pm EDT - Italian hour with Lucy Yates

Mon 7-27, 1 pm EDT - Tempo and Rubato

Wed 7-29, 1 pm EDT - Tradition and Individuality

Fri 7-31, 1 pm EDT - Basics of Ornamentation; Understanding the Skeleton

Sat 8-1, 1 pm EDT - alternate webinar covering the previous three topics

Sun 8-2, 5 pm EDT - Italian hour with Lucy Yates

Mon 8-3, 1 pm EDT - Consonance and Dissonance

Wed 8-5, 1 pm EDT - Filling In and Making Room

Fri 8-7, 1 pm EDT - Basics of Ornamentation Continued

Sat 8-8, 1 pm EDT - alternate webinar covering the previous three topics

Sun 8-9, 5 pm EDT - Italian hour with Lucy Yates

Mon 8-10, 1 pm EDT - The Elements in Combination

Wed 8-12, 1 pm EDT - Embellishment vs. Variation

Fri 8-14, 1 pm EDT - Cadenzas: Where They Go, How They Work

Sat 8-15, 1 pm EDT - alternate webinar covering the previous three topics

Sun 8-16, 5 pm EDT - Italian hour with Lucy Yates

Mon 8-17, 1 pm EDT - Constructing Your Own Cadenzas

Wed 8-19, 1 pm EDT - Transitional Fermata Embellishments

Fri 8-21, 1 pm EDT - Improvisation in Real Time

Sat 8-22, 1 pm EDT - alternate webinar covering the previous three topics

Sun 8-23, 5 pm EDT - Italian hour with Lucy Yates