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

DON GIOVANNI BY WA 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

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

FLYING DUTCHMAN BY RICHARD WAGNER
MACBETH BY GIUSEPPE VERDI
MEPHISTOPHELES BY ARRIGO BOITO
WAYS TO BOOK THIS TALK

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

Il Trittico by Giacomo Puccini

Metropolitan Opera

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DVD

Don Giovanni by WA Mozart

Metropolitan Opera

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DVD

Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti

Metropolitan Opera

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DVD

I Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo

Teatro Alla Scala

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DVD

Maria Callas: Magic Moments in Music, 1964

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DVD

The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner

Zurich Opera

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DVD

Il Trittico by Giacomo Puccini

Metropolitan Opera

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DVD

Don Giovanni by WA Mozart

Metropolitan Opera

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DVD

Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti

Metropolitan Opera

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DVD

I Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo

Teatro Alla Scala


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DVD

Maria Callas as Tosca, 1964

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DVD

Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner

Zurich Opera

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