OPERA TALK: HALLOWEEN AT THE OPERA SERIES
OPERA TALK: HALLOWEEN AT THE OPERA SERIES
Explore dramatic opera with spooky plots and twists. Tanisha explores characters who haunt, scare and even seek revenge just in time for Halloween. This opera talk is a 3 part series.
PART ONE: The Ghost, Witch and Deadly Diva
There’s nothing like a scare and suspense at the opera! Explore the art of revenge through a ghost from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, a witch from Verdi’s Il Trovatore and a deadly diva from Puccini’s Tosca.
Part one includes these operas:
DON GIOVANNI
BY W.A. MOZART
TOSCA BY GIACOMO PUCCINI
IL TROVATORE BY
GIUSEPPE VERDI
PART TWO:
Opera can be scary too especially with an angry clown, a murderous husband and a killer bride! Tanisha explores these characters in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, Puccini's Il Tabarro and Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.
Part two includes these operas:
IL TABARRO
BY GIACOMO PUCCINI
I PAGLIACCI
BY RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
BY GAETANO DONIZETTI
PART THREE:
Ghosts and demons oh my! This third and final installation of Halloween at the Opera deals with a ghost who haunts for revenge and a ghost who haunts for love and salvation while the devil takes possession of ones soul with a cost. Join Tanisha as she explores Wagner’s Flying Dutchman, Verdi’s Macbeth and Boito’s Mephistopheles.
Part three includes these operas:
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
BY RICHARD WAGNER
MACBETH
BY GIUSSEPE VERDI
MEPHISTOPHELES
BY ARRIGO BOITO
1. Talk only with audio-visual presentation
2. Talk with an aria performed by the speaker
3. Virtual Talk
TANISHA’S PICKS: DVD’S, SOUND RECORDINGS & MORE
This opera talk features some of Tanisha’s favorite opera DVD's and recordings. Click the link to purchase some of them for your own collection.
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DVD
Don Giovanni by WA Mozart
Metropolitan Opera
DVD
Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti
Metropolitan Opera
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I Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Teatro Alla Scala
DVD
Maria Callas as Tosca, 1964
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Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner
Zurich Opera