The Rake's Progress Teachers Guide - San Francisco Opera

Table of Contents
A Short Introduction to Opera....................................................page 9
Opera Glossary .........................................................................page 11
Operatic Voices .........................................................................page 15
Igor Stravinsky...........................................................................page 17
W.H. Auden ...............................................................................page 21
Synopsis of The Rake’s Progress .............................................page 23
William Hogarth .........................................................................page 25
The Rake’s Progress Drawings.................................................page 26
The Devil and Temptation .........................................................page 30
Bedlam ......................................................................................page 31
Curricular Connections..............................................................page 32
The Five C’s ..............................................................................page 33
Character Creation ....................................................................page 34
Prompts for Discussion .............................................................page 36
New Endings ............................................................................page 37
Comic Inspiration!......................................................................page 38
Other Graphic Art ......................................................................page 39
Activity Extension ......................................................................page 40
Audience Etiquette ....................................................................page 41
Careers in Opera.......................................................................page 42
Questions and Activities ............................................................page 47
The Opera Orchestra ................................................................page 48
Opera and the California State Frameworks .............................page 49
Bibliography...............................................................................page 50
Teacher Evaluation ...................................................................page 51
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