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OPERA CLUB

Opera for everyone! For those not familiar with The Opera Club, there are no expertise standards, dues or membership requirements, other than a desire to learn more about opera, to share your interest with other opera lovers, and to enjoy great music. Meetings are held on five Sunday afternoons 2:30 - 5 p.m. during the opera season in the new home of Nashville Opera, The Noah Liff Opera Center.

Meetings are casual and the programs are conducted by a person who volunteers to present. Sometimes two or three people get together and pool their interests and resources to present a program Audio/visual equipment is available.

Those attending may bring simple, light refreshments to share if they wish, although this is not necessary. It is more important to come prepared to experience some beautiful music, meet and socialize with good people of like interests, share opera experiences, and have a great time. Please add the following dates to your calendar, and plan to join us. To be notified of The Opera Club activities, e-mail me at the address below.

Volunteers are needed to present programs for the remaining open meetings. If you have an opera(s) or opera theme, or an opera-related area of interest that you’d like to share and present at a meeting, please contact me to discuss it.

tewiltsie@comcast.net

See you at the opera.

Ted Wiltsie

2012.2013 Opera Club Schedule

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Mel Fuller's interest in both dance and opera began in elementary school in Alabama. Having been a super in many productions nationwide, among them three productions of Samson et Dalila (touring Met in Birmingham, Dallas Civic, and Nashville), Mel has always been aware of the importance of dance sequences in various operas. As he explores the importance and artistic contribution of dance to opera, he will show some of the most beautiful dance sequences in all of opera, including scenes from, among others, Carmen, Andrea Chénier, Magic Flute, Faust, and Die Meistersinger.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Jan Van Eys will present AILING HEROINES. Opera composers and librettists often use illness in a main character as a plot device. Usually the illness chosen is seen as common and fashionable and is, ideally, chronic and eventually fatal. Until recently tuberculosis was the favorite illness. The

evolution of how tuberculosis was seen over time will be illustrated by excerpts from Verdi’s La Traviata, Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann, and Puccini’s La Bohème. But once the disease becomes understood, it loses its metaphorical magic. In modern times AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) took over from tuberculosis as the mysterious illness and the treatment of the disease by composers changed again. That will be illustrated by excerpts from Jonathan Larson’s Rent, a modern musical adaptation of La Bohème.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Tom and Suzanne Potter will present Part 2 of their popular series, “DANGER, OPERA AHEAD!” assisted by Sara N. Johnson. Included are: Opera Composer’s Attempt to Deceive God, The Prophet of Passion and the Curse of the Podium, Soprano to Tenor: "Make Love to Me or I’ll Kill You,” and more!

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Wagner 200th Birthday celebration. Yes, there will be cake!

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