Tuning in to Opera - Our Composers
Each term we focus on one or two composers, playing and discussing CD or DVD recordings and Internet offerings, and critiquing any live performances from around town.
Georges Bizet - Term 1 Meeting 1 - Introduction Meeting 2 - Pearl Fishers Meeting 3 - Carmen Meeting 4 - Carmen Meeting 5 - Carmen Meeting 6 - Carmen Jones Meeting 7 The Met’s Carmen
Giacomo Puccini - Term 3 Meeting 6 - What is it about Puccini’s Music? Meeting 7 - Tosca Meetiing 8 - Turandot
Gaetano Donizetti - Term 3 Meeting 1 - L’Elisir d’Amore Meeting 2 - Lucia di Lammermoor Meeting 3 - The Tudor Queens Meeting 4 - La Fille du Régiment
Richard Wagner - Term 4 Meetings 1&2 - The Man and his Music Meeting 3 - Lohengrin Meeting 4 - Tristan und Isolde Meeting 5, Ring & Das Rheingold Meeting 6, Die Walküre Meeting 7, Siegfried Meeting 8, Götterdämmerung