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nTwo page: one page for essay, one page for listening testWATCH & LISTEN: Watch the two videos and listen to period examples on all of your CDs.RESEARCH ON THE WEB – ESSAY: Discuss opera houses in Venice during Monteverdi’s time, their mechanical abilities, performance practices and their audience, and how this has shaped the modern Broadway musical.(NOTE: This is not an assignment about Monteverdi or his music.)LISTENING ASSIGNMENT: Identify the 5 musical examples for PART III.MONTEVERDI L’Orfeo (1/12)Duration: (10:25)xc2xa0User:xc2xa0veraeikon -xc2xa0Added:xc2xa04/8/09YouTube URL:xc2xa0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ_mjTTDM5AMONTEVERDI LOrfeo (1978) This 1987 production is an excellent view into the elaborate staging and consumes of the time.Nikolaus Harnoncourt, directionJean-Pierre Ponnelle, directionxc2xa0Philippe Huttenlocher (Orfeo)Dietlinde Turban (Euridice)Trudeliese Schmidt (Music, Hope)Roland Hermann (Apollo)Glenys Linos (Messenger, Proserpina)Werner Grxc3xb6schel (Plutone)Hans Franzen (Caronte)Peter Keller (First Shepherd)Francisco Araiza (Second Shepherd, First Spirit)Ballet de l’Opxc3xa9ra de Zxc3xbcrichChoeur de l’Opxc3xa9ra de Zxc3xbcrichDas Monteverdi ensemblePet Halmen, costumesVideoxefxbcx9aToccata & Fugue in d minor (BACH, JS)Duration: (9:57)xc2xa0User:xc2xa0cphayles -xc2xa0Added:xc2xa01/9/07xc2xa0 “