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Tuning Up for Opera Colorado


Discussion Leaders: Opera Colorado Leadership
10 Wednesdays, Sept. 14 – Nov. 16
10 am – 12 noon
$65
Lecture, video, performance

Opera Colorado, with an assist from the CU Opera program, will be presenting another outstanding course tailored specifically for Academy members. The course will feature both an in depth look at Opera Colorado’s schedule of operas for the coming season and also valuable insight into producing an opera and becoming an opera singer. The course will begin with an examination of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. First, Jim Kneser will set the little-known but highly important political and cultural context surrounding the composition and performance of the opera and then Greg Carpenter, general director of Opera Colorado, will present the creative and musical aspects that have made the opera a mainstay in the repertoire – with valuable insight into the interpretation taken at Opera Colorado. Director of CU opera, Leigh Holman, and her students will return to provide a roundtable discussion with the class on how young singers train for an operatic career. Their presentation will include performances of some of their favorite arias. Greg Carpenter will then return to describe Opera Colorado’s groundbreaking setting of Florencia en el Amazonas (What an opera plot: a famous opera soprano travels down the Amazon to give a concert and search for her long lost love). Next, Opera Colorado’s Young Artists will perform a new tour production of Carmen. Greg then returns to discuss Opera Colorado’s third offering of the upcoming season, Il Trovatore. For two weeks Academy Diva, LaDonna Donna Barrow will host “You Be the Critic” where the group will debate the merits of various new ideas in opera. During the last week, Brad Trexell, director of artistic planning at Opera Colorado, and two Young Artists will return to discuss the audition process. This course will greatly enhance your experience as you enjoy Opera Colorado’s entire season.

To register, visit the Academy of Lifelong Learning's website - click here.