Verdi’s Rigoletto Lecture & Musical Highlights

Virtual

Music historian Jeffrey Engel, of West Cornwall, will present a Live Zoom lecture for Rigoletto, originally scheduled for the Metropolitan Opera. This opera intrigues with Immorality, kidnapping, seduction, passion, and murder, but a few words that summarize the plot of "Rigoletto." It is Verdi's first work (after 16 others) to attain a permanent place in [Read More...]

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Verdi Opera Talk: Un Ballo in Maschera by Jeffrey Engel – Zoom

Virtual

Music historian Jeffrey Engel, of West Cornwall, will present a Live Zoom lecture through the Bloomfield Public Library. Verdi’s “Ballo” is about the assassination of a Head of State. This is no laughing matter. Nevertheless, the opera is sprinkled with characters getting the giggles and the chuckles. Jeffrey Engel will detail the background of “Un [Read More...]