Opera’s Most Romantic Arias and Duets-Part I-Massenet and Puccini

Wednesday, May 2 , 7-8:30 pm
Dave Shafer, a self-professed opera nut and teacher at Lifetime Learners, presents this 3-part series on Opera. Part I covers the passion in Massenet’s operas with video excerpts from Werther and then Manon, featuring Jonas Kaufmann and Renee Fleming respectively. The program shifts to Puccini who wrote Manon Lescaut with the same plot, but different music. The two operas are then compared in one key scene with Placido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa. Part II is May 9 and Part III is May 16th. Registration highly recommended. Please register for each session separately.