{"id":22859,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/opera-mus-12-essay-assignment"},"modified":"2017-08-03T16:11:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T16:11:42","slug":"opera-mus-12-essay-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/opera-mus-12-essay-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera (MUS 12) Essay Assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Opera (MUS 12)<br \/> Essay Assignment<br \/> Due Thursday, 9 March 2017 (no later than 12:40)<br \/> Write approximately 2 pages in response to question 1 and 2 pages in response to<br \/> question 2. Answers should be concise and to the point. Essays must be<br \/> formatted using 12-point font and double-spacing.<br \/> Assignments must be stapled and submitted in hard copy at the beginning of<br \/> lecture on the due date. They must also be submitted using Turnitin on TED by<br \/> 5:00 PM on the same day. Be sure and submit both essays as one document<br \/> when uploading your work to TED.<br \/> Question 1:<br \/> Taking Deborah Voigt\u2019s \u201clittle black dress\u201d incident as the main focus of your essay,<br \/> discuss the issue of body image and appearance in opera. How have attitudes about<br \/> singers and their bodies changed over history? Include in your answer, discussion of<br \/> Alice Coote\u2019s \u201cOpen Letter\u201d (link is on TED) on the subject of voices vs. the visual in<br \/> opera.<br \/> Central to your answer will be a critical analysis of Voigt\u2019s appearance on the Good<br \/> Morning America program. Compare her attitude in the interview to her later actions. In<br \/> addition, analyze the tv commercial aired prior to her return to the London\u2019s Royal Opera<br \/> House following her weight loss surgery. Point out contradictions and \u201calternative facts\u201d<br \/> in the ways in which the \u201clittle black dress\u201d scandal are portrayed in this commercial.<br \/> You may need to do a brief internet search to fill in the timeline of events in support of<br \/> your answer.<br \/> Cite quotations and list all of your sources in a bibliography.<br \/> Primary Sources:<br \/> Deborah Voigt\u2019s appearance on Good Morning America.<br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RKqonY8zLag?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/> Television commercial for her return to London\u2019s Royal Opera House.<br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kQqPauyGiVU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/> Alice Coote\u2019s \u201cOpen Letter\u201d<br \/> Question 2: Drawing your examples from the works covered this quarter, give<br \/> an overview of the tensions between composers and singers across operatic<br \/> history. In your answer, you will want to address issues such as creative<br \/> authority and popularity, and the tensions surrounding the prominence of music<br \/> verses text in opera composition and performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opera (MUS 12) Essay Assignment Due Thursday, 9 March 2017 (no later than 12:40) Write approximately 2 pages in response to question 1 and 2 pages in response to question 2. Answers should be concise and to the point. Essays <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/opera-mus-12-essay-assignment\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}