OPERA LANGUAGE WORKSHOP Don Giovanni Learn Italian through the Opera Saturday, May 13th, 10:00-12:00 PM In italiano Italian Proficiency level: Pre-intermediate Come and practice Italian while learning about Don Giovanni with Italian native instructor and opera lover Mirella Heimpel. After introducing the opera, Mirella will guide you through listening and speaking activities, all related to the gorgeous arias of this masterpiece. This is a workshop for students of Italian at pre-intermediate level. The Opera is performed at the Ordway Theater from May 6 through May 21. As an ICC member, you receive a Special Group Access and 20% Discount for the performance on May 18th, 7:30 PM at the Ordway Music Theater. Participants of this Language Workshop get priority access to the discount (2 tickets maximum per participant). Please watch for the link in the registration confirmation of the language workshop. About Don Giovanni: W. A. Mozart's Don Giovanni is regarded as one of the greatest operas of all time. With its constant stream of spellbinding arias and ensembles, this opera is a regular of opera houses. Its achievements in terms of musical beauty, vocal challenge and dramatic insight remain unsurpassed. Mozart and his Italian librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, approach the famous Andelusian legend of Don Juan in operatic form. In their characteristic ingenuity, they infuse depth of character in both their written and musical descriptions, while criticizing the current social norms and roles. Many writers and philosophers have written about various controversies generated by the content of this opera.
OPERA LANGUAGE WORKSHOP
Don Giovanni
Learn Italian through the Opera
Saturday, May 13th, 10:00-12:00 PM
In italiano
Italian Proficiency level: Pre-intermediate
Come and practice Italian while learning about Don Giovanni with Italian native instructor and opera lover Mirella Heimpel. After introducing the opera, Mirella will guide you through listening and speaking activities, all related to the gorgeous arias of this masterpiece.
This is a workshop for students of Italian at pre-intermediate level.
The Opera is performed at the Ordway Theater from May 6 through May 21. As an ICC member, you receive a Special Group Access and 20% Discount for the performance on May 18th, 7:30 PM at the Ordway Music Theater. Participants of this Language Workshop get priority access to the discount (2 tickets maximum per participant). Please watch for the link in the registration confirmation of the language workshop.
About Don Giovanni:
W. A. Mozart's Don Giovanni is regarded as one of the greatest operas of all time. With its constant stream of spellbinding arias and ensembles, this opera is a regular of opera houses. Its achievements in terms of musical beauty, vocal challenge and dramatic insight remain unsurpassed.
Mozart and his Italian librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, approach the famous Andelusian legend of Don Juan in operatic form. In their characteristic ingenuity, they infuse depth of character in both their written and musical descriptions, while criticizing the current social norms and roles. Many writers and philosophers have written about various controversies generated by the content of this opera.
