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Schedule

1. Modernist Music Theater, Modernist Opera, Postmodern Opera

2. Minimalist Opera, Bio-Politics: Doctor Atomic, Richard Kennel, discussant.

3. Modernism and Opera 1: Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern, James Ilgenfritz, discussant.

4. Modernism and Opera 2: L'amour de loin, Paul David Flood, discussant (Written on Skin?).

5. Myth and Literature: Faustus, Grigroios Mathioudakis, discussant, and La Commedia.

6. Parody: Le Grand Macabre.

7. Identity and Culture: Tea, A Mirror of Soul, Pedro Sperb, discussant, and Brokeback Mountain.

8. Adaptation: Buñuel and Adès's The Exterminating Angel, Isaac Otto discussant.

9. Voice and Language: Prologue pour un Marco Polo, Luci mie traditrici and The Difficulty of Crossing a Field

10. Student Presentations