Lecturer: Sarah Lenton
Booking Months:
Cost: To be advised – Lunch & Coffee,Tea included
Location: Letcombe Regis Village Hall, OX12 9LJ
Opera is an extraordinary art form
how did it come about?
how do you cope with its exuberance and over the top emotions?
This Study Day tackles these questions, adding a practical finale which takes us backstage.
Talk 1 charts 400 years of opera history, from the moment it swept over Europe from Italy, landing up in France, Germany, Russia and, once it hit England, the back streets of Waterloo.
Talk 2 will look at the operas of the composer who can always be guaranteed to fill a theatre, Giacomo Puccini.
Talk 3 will show how the operas we’ve been discovering are actually put on stage, the balancing act of high-tech wizardry and very low tech theatrical know-how.
All talks are illustrated by audio and video clips.
