8th Musical
• What are the components that make up a musical?
• What does it take to be a successful participant of an ensemble?
* What are facets of a musical production? (eg. set design/building,costumes,advertizing, drama, music and dance)
. Parts of an operetta: plot, characters, songs, movement/staging.
* Social-cultural context of the era when the operetta was written
*Performance of a full-scale operetta
*Audition, rehearse and perform
*Demonstrate an understanding of the parts of an operetta: plot, characters, songs, movement/staging, costumes and makeup
*Audition, performances (at last show we ask the students if they want teacher prompting backstage)
*Self evaluation and teacher narrative
Scores of Gilbert and Sullivan operetta (Mikado,Pirates of Penzance, Iolanthe,HMS Pinafore)
*Examine the play's historical context, classism, sterotyping, and how one culture views another
e.g.
British parliamentry system at the turn of the 19th century. Japenese culture & traditions