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Lecture Archive
The members of Opera Guild of Rochester have developed and delivered more than 60 educational programs on opera. These programs are delivered at various public libraries in the Rochester area. Please feel free to download the handout/playlist that were used in these presentations.
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Opera Duets
Presented by Art Axelrod, October 2021
Simon Boccanegra
Presented by Peter Dundas
Cosi fan tutte or “The School for Lovers”
Presented by Peter Dundas
Bad Boys: Villains, Drunkards & Charlatans in Opera
Presented by Art Axelrod
Jacques Offenbach French Opera Bouffes
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
Verdi's Don Carlo
Presented by Rosalba Pisaturo
Jacques Offenbach and The Parisian Life
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
The Mezzo and Contralto Voice in Opera
Presented by Art Axelrod
Donizetti's Anna Bolena
Presented by Rosalba Pisaturo
Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
Presented by Peter Dundas
Viennese Operettas by Johann Strauss Jr.
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
Gluck’s Reform Operas from 1762 - 1778
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
Verdi & Puccini - The Consummate Voices of Italian Opera
Presented by Art Axelrod
Verdi's Nabucco and the Italian Risorgimento
Presented by Rosalba Pisaturo
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Presented by Peter Dundas
Mozart’s Operas and the Influence of Enlightenment
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
Verdi's Rigoletto
Presented by Rosalba Pisaturo
The Tenor in French Opera
Presented by Peter Dundas
Telling Tales: External Narratives in Opera
Presented by Art Axelrod
Lucia di Lammermoor
Presented by Rosalba Pisaturo
Wagner's Parsifal
Presented by Peter Dundas
Heroic and Powerful Women in Opera
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
Bizet’s Carmen
Presented by Rosalba Pisaturo
Siegfried 101
Presented by Peter Dundas
History of Opera - From its origin through the Golden Age
Presented by Art Axelrod
Twentieth Century Opera (It’s better than you think)
Presented by Carol Crocca
History in Opera - As seen through the eyes of 19th Century Historians
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
Prayer in Opera
Presented by Chuck Lundeen
Mozart's Women
Presented by Carol Crocca
Falstaff: Verdi's Last Masterpiece
Presented by Rosalba Pisaturo
Friendships: Good and Bad
Presented by Chuck Lundeen
Verdi Operas based on Schiller's Plays
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
The Changing Opera Styles of Richard Strauss
Presented by Peter Dundas
Belcanto: The Operas of Bellini Part I
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
Belcanto: The Operas of Bellini Part II
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
Verdi's La Traviata
Presented by Rosalba Pisaturo
The Bass Voice in Opera
Presented by Art Axelrod
Richard Strauss's Viennese Operas
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
Two Sides to Every Story: How Two Composers Treat the Same Story
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt and Joseph Mancini
ABRACADABRA: Witches and Gypsies in Opera
Presented by Chuck Lundeen
Sleepwalking, Hallucinations & Madness
Presented by Carol Crocca
Puccini's Tosca
Presented by Rosalba Pisaturo
Verdi and Shakespeare
Presented by Carol Crocca
French Grand Opera - Part I
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
French Grand Opera - Part II
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
Operatic Duets
Presented by Mary McNamara
Exotic Dominions and Mythic Realms
Presented by Art Axelrod
Puccini's La Bohème
Presented by Rosalba Pisaturo
Mozart's Don Giovanni
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
Verdi and the Orchestra
Presented by Carol Crocca
The Voices of Opera
Presented by Art Axelrod
The Opera Chorus
Presented by Bob Heberger
Ensembles
Presented by Mary McNamara
Show Boat and the American Musical Theatre
Presented by Rob Ferris
Bel Canto and Bellini's Norma
Presented by Rosalba Pisaturo
Mozart: Abduction from the Seraglio
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
Puccini: The Bohemian Composer
Presented by Rosalba Pisaturo
Opera as Music Drama
Presented by Art Axelrod
The Influence of the Philosophy of the Age of Enlightenment on
Mozart's Operas
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
Literature in Opera
Presented by Mary McNamara
The History & Geography of Opera
Presented by Art Axelrod
German Romantic Opera
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
French Romantic Opera
Presented by Mary McNamara
Italian Verismo Opera
Presented by Rosalba Pisaturo
A Survey of Russian Opera
Presented by Art Axelrod
Albert Lortzing: German Buffa Opera
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
Favorite Arias & Overtures
Presented by Mary McNamara
Giaochino Rossini: Italian Opera Buffa
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
Donizetti: Italian Opera Buffa
Presented by Agneta D. Borgstedt
Verdi: Composer, Showman and Moralist
Presented by Art Axelrod
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