Exploring Opera
Fri 28 Feb 2025, 10:00 am - Fri 28 Mar 2025, 12:00 pm
Using a combination of talk, live and recorded musical examples and video, this course will steer you through the joyous experience of opera whether you are already experienced, a complete novice, or somewhere in between. The emphasis is on enjoyment of each work and many of them will be available to watch in the ‘Met. Live’ and ‘Royal Opera Live’ performances screened at the Broadway Cinema, Letchworth during the course of the year.
Spring term
28 Feb – Porgy and Bess
7 Mar – Der Rosenkavalier
14 Mar – Fidelio
21 Mar – Cosi Fan Tutte
28 Mar – Die Lustige Witwe
Event Information
Price: £75.0
Course Weeks: 5
Room: Kincaid Hall
Campaign: Spring Term 2025
Your Tutor
Name: Derek Blyth
Bio: Derek was born near Edinburgh and was educated there and at the Universities of Aberdeen and Durham. As well as teaching music, he is also a performer, lecturer and keen audience member of a wide range of musical styles. He regularly lectures for SKAG, U3A, The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, The Manchester Wagner Society, of which he is president and many other educational and learned organisations.
Department: Humanities
