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A Passion for Opera - A five-session course by Willie Anthony Waters
An excursion through the history of opera, beginning in Italy and France in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, proceeding across the mountain tops of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Italy, France and Germany, and landing in the America of our own day – with particular emphasis on the history of interpretation. Illustrated by video and audio clips and by reference to productions that Maestro Waters has been associated with over the years.
Session 1: The origins of opera in Italy and France
Session 2: The flowering of Italian opera
Session 3: Opera in France
Session 4: Wagner and German opera
Session 5: Opera in America
General and Artistic Director of Connecticut Opera from 1999 to 2009, Willie Anthony Waters has been a guest conductor for numerous opera companies in the United States, including the Boston Lyric Opera and New York City Opera, and opera companies in Canada (Vancouver, Edmonton, Montreal), Germany (Cologne), Australia, and South Africa (Cape Town, Pretoria, Durban). He has conducted a wide range of Italian, French, German and American operatic works, among them Porgy and Bess in South Africa and Germany. His orchestral engagements include performances with the Florida Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, Hartford Symphony, Bavarian Radio Orch. (Munich), Essen Philharmonic (Germany), Norwegian Radio Orch., Brucknerhaus Orchester (Austria) and Indianapolis Symphony. He is a regular guest on the Metropolitan Opera Quiz during the renowned Metropolitan Opera live broadcasts.
Dates: Monday-Friday, June 1-5, 2009.
Location: TBA
Time: 10:00 am-12:00 noon.
Cost: $120 (Fellows $100)