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Lead a Discussion
October 7: Don Giovanni Discussions
Post-Opera: Visual Elements (Set, Scenery, Costumes) 25 min.
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Post-Opera: Performance Aspects (Acting, Singing) 25 min.
- Discussion Leader: Penney Stein
Listening Challenge: Donna Anna & Don Ottavio. 20 min.
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Oct 14 Don Pasquale Discussions
Listening Challenge: Sogno soave e casto. 15 min.
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Oct 21 Don Pasquale Discussions
Post-Opera Discussion Visual Elements (Set, Scenery, Costumes) 25 min.
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Post-Opera Discussion Performance Aspects (Acting, Singing) 25 min.
- Discussion Leader: Sheldon Simon
Listening Challenge: Comedy & Pathos in this opera. 10 min.
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November 4 Don Carlo Discussions
Post-Opera Discussion Visual Elements (Set, Scenery, Costumes) 25 min.
- Discussion Leader: Liz Kaplan
Performance Aspects (Acting, Singing25 min.
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Evaluation Discussion: Feruccio Furlanetto as Grand Inquisitor vs. Leporello. 10 min.
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Characterization through Music/heroes & villains. 20 min.
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Nov 11 Adrianna Lecouvreur Discussions
Listening Challenge: favorite soprano. 10 min.
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Nov 18 Adrianna Lecouvreur Discussions
Post-Opera: Visual Elements. 25 min.
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Post-Opera: Performance Aspects. 25 min.
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Biographies (5-10 min.)
Composers/Librettists
October 7: Lorenzo da Ponte (Mozart’s Librettist)
- Discussion Leader: Mary Beth Maitoza
October 14: Gaetano Donizetti
- Discussion Leader: Becky Anderson
October 28: Giuseppe Verdi
- Discussion Leader: Joan Halpert
November 11: Francesco Cilea
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Performers (5 min. each)
October 7: Bryn Terfel & Renée Fleming
- Discussion Leader: Bonnie Ryviker
October 7: Ferrucio Furlanetto
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October 14: John Del Carlo & Anna Netrebko
- Discussion Leader: Lillian Hayes
October 28: Roberto Alagna & Marina Poplovskaya
- Discussion Leader: Helen MacDonald
November 4: Simon Keenlyside & Eric Halfvarson
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November 18: Piotr Beczala & Anita Rachvelishvili
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November 18: Ambrogio Maestri (Michonnet)
- Discussion Leader: Penny Backman
Characters, Story Line (5-10 min.)
October 14: Don Pasquale
- Discussion Leader: Janice Rafferty
October 28: Don Carlo
- Discussion Leader: Heidi Smith
November 11: Adrianna Lecouvreur
- Discussion Leader: Bonnie Buzzell
Background, Enrichment (15 min.)
Oct 28: Don Carlo: Evolution of the opera—many versions, 2 languages
- Discussion Leader: Maureen Johanson
Oct 28: Why is Don Carlo considered by some to be Verdi’s masterpiece
- Discussion Leader: Maureen Johanson
Nov 18: The real-life characters from Adriana Lecouvreur: Adriana, Maurizio, Princesse de Bouillon
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