OPERA TALK: INFIDELITY IN OPERA SERIES
OPERA TALK: WHEN CHEATING GOES WRONG- INFIDELITY IN OPERA SERIES
Infidelity may be taboo in real life but it makes dramatic music and scenes in opera. Join Tanisha as she highlights provocative entanglements between memorable opera characters in this 3 part series.
PART ONE:
Love always rules in opera. However, in opera, love is not perfect and can go wrong. Join Tanisha as she explores infidelity in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Verdi’s Ballo in Maschera, Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci and Puccini’s passionate one act opera, I Pagliacci.
Part one includes these operas:
DON GIOVANNI
BY W.A. MOZART
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
BY GIUSEPPE VERDI
I PAGLIACCI BY
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
PART TWO:
Can cheating be forgiven after the betrayal is over? Join Tanisha as she explores infidelity in Puccini’s Il Tabarro, Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro.
Part two includes these operas:
IL TABARRO
BY GIACOMO PUCCINI
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
BY PIETRO MASCAGNI
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
W.A. MOZART
PART THREE:
Although cheating can seem like fun at first, it can eventually spiral out of control to an unexpected end. Join Tanisha as she explores infidelity in Bizet’s Carmen, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly and Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier.
Part three includes these operas:
CARMEN
BY GEORGES BIZET
MADAMA BUTTERLFY
BY GIACOMO PUCCINI
DER ROSENKAVALIER
BY RICHARD STRAUSS
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.
DVD
Un Ballo in Maschera by Giuseppe Verdi
Royal Opera House
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Cavalleria Rusticana
Teatro Alla Scala
DVD
I Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Teatro Alla Scala
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Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss
Wiener Staatsoper
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Carmen by Georges Bizet
Vienna Philharmonic
